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How are sedimentary rock layers used by scientists to learn about the past?
Sedimentary rock layers are used by scientist help learn by the texture and shapes
Who proposed the principles of stratigraphy to relatively date rock layers?
William (Strata) Smith
What kind of rock layers did index fossil date?
index fossils are used to date the rock layers they are found incc
Is a plateau created by sediment deposits?
Generally, Yes, but not necessarily. Plateaus are generally created by an upwards thrust of the crust, pushing a flat rock bed further up than the surrounding area. The rock beds closest to the surface are usually either sedimentary rock layers (which are created by compacted sediment deposits) or sedimentary rock layers with intrusive igneous rocks. There are some plateaus that have metamorphic rock beds because the crust has been significantly eroded, warped, or overturned, but metamorphic rocks can be altered sedimentary or igneous rocks.
Can someone help me Identify the rock layers from oldest to youngest, Thanks!?
This is the problem,Thanks!
Layers and beds of sedimentary rock are examples of?
stratification
How do scientists date sedimentary rock?
They date the igneous intrusions and extrusions near the sedimentary rock layers.
What is the word sill?
a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta.
What is a fossil used to date surrounding rock layers called?
Index fossils.
A fossil that is used to date surrounding rock layers is?
This is called an index fossil.
How are sedimentary rock layers used by scientists to learn about the past?
Sedimentary rock layers are used by scientist help learn by the texture and shapes
Who proposed the principles of stratigraphy to relatively date rock layers?
William (Strata) Smith
What kind of rock layers did index fossil date?
index fossils are used to date the rock layers they are found incc
What is heterolithic beds?
This means a rock which is formed of many layers (or beds) of two or more different sedimentary rocks. For example, a rock which was formed in a river delta may contain sandstones and silt or claystones which are layed over each other in beds formed as the depositional environment changed on a cyclical basis - e.g. due to tides, seasons etc.
Is a plateau created by sediment deposits?
Generally, Yes, but not necessarily. Plateaus are generally created by an upwards thrust of the crust, pushing a flat rock bed further up than the surrounding area. The rock beds closest to the surface are usually either sedimentary rock layers (which are created by compacted sediment deposits) or sedimentary rock layers with intrusive igneous rocks. There are some plateaus that have metamorphic rock beds because the crust has been significantly eroded, warped, or overturned, but metamorphic rocks can be altered sedimentary or igneous rocks.
Does sandstone preserve fossils?
No single rock preserves fossils, but they're found mainly in sedimentary rock beds due to the amount of pressure exerted as it layers over millions of years.
What is the geologic columnused in relative dating?
1.Geologists use the geologic column to help them interperet rocks sequences. 2.they use to help them identify rock layers in complicated rock sequence.
