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The rock layers that a fault passes through had to have already existed for them to break and create a fault.
This is analogous to the door panel of your car had to have already existed for it to bend and create a dent.
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Are the Rock layers still continuous after a strike-slip fault?
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
Are the layers of rock above and below the coal older or younger?
Every layer of rock, as one moves up from the core, is younger than the one below it. This means that the layers of rock above and below the coal are different ages, with the one above younger and the one below older.
Which is younger a fault or sandstone?
One is not necessarily older than the other. It depends on the context. A fault running through any rock must be younger than that rock.
What is based on the idea that younger rock layers are deposited on top of older rock layers in undisturbed areas?
The answer is: Relative dating
What is the relative age of a fault that cuts across three horizontal sedimentary rock layers?
Younger than all three sediments.
If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded what type fault would it be?
What is the relative age of a fault that cuts across three horizontal sedimentary rock layers?A. The fault is older than the middle layer. B.The fault is younger than all the layers it cuts across.C. The fault is the same age as the top layer. D. The fault is older than all the layers it cuts across == ==
What happens to rock layers along a fault?
Usually along a fault the rock layers are broken and displaced in some manner so that the rock layers are not continuous across the fault.
What is the break in layers of rock?
Fault
Rock layers cut by a fault formed?
after the fault
Intrusions of the igneous rock are younger or older than the rock layers beneath and surrounding them?
they are younger and extrusions are older. they are younger because the surrounding rock layers had to have been there first in order for it to appear. :)
Are the Rock layers still continuous after a strike-slip fault?
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
How is it that crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers in cuts across?
A crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers it cuts through because the feature always forms after the rock layers have been formed, making the rock layers older.
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
What does the law of superpositioning state?
Principle stating that older rock layers are beneath younger rock layers.
What does the law superposition state?
Principle stating that older rock layers are beneath younger rock layers.
How do you identify a fault in a cross-selection of rock layers?
The type of rock layers found on one side of the fault will either be repeated higher or lower on the other side of the fault. This proves that one side of a fault has moved (slipped).
