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A rock's position within rock layers can tell its?
imprint
How do you use rock layers in a sentence?
Those rock layers are quite colorful.
How can you determine accurate ages of rock layers?
Stratigraphic position Age Dating techniques i.e. carbon etc Fossil Assemblage present in rock specimen
What is a rock made of layers that are cemented together?
Layers of sediment which have undergone lithification are called sedimentary rock.
Is The earth's crust is composed of layers of rock?
Yes, the earths crust is composed of layers of rock
A rock's position within rock layers can tell its?
imprint
Do sedimentary rock layers always stay horizontal?
No. It is not uncommon for the layers to be shifted out of a horizontal position.
What is the best indication of a relative age of a rock layer?
The position of the layer compared to other layers.
How can you tell the reative age of a sedimentary rock?
Unless disturbed by later events, younger layers overlie older layers. See the law of super-position.
Are Aquifers rock layers?
Aquifers are permeable layers of rock that have non permeable layers of rock under them so water remains in the permeable layers
How do geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed?
the way geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed is the rock layers are folded
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers?
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers are known as unconformities.
What is the sinking of rock layers?
the sinking of the rock layers is called subsidence
What does it mean for rock layers that are forming?
Rock layers that are forming are stratifying.
What do you call the layers in sedimentary rock?
Sedimentary rock layers. your welcome
How do we know if rock layers are undisturbed?
The rock layers will be easily visible.
What are the layers of a rock?
there are many layers
