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What are particles eroded from a layer of rock that become incorporated in an overlying rock record?
The answer is the principle of inclusions.
If erosion wore away the youngest rock layer what would be the results?
Then you would be able to observe the next to the youngest rock layer.
Where is the youngest layer of sedimentary rock found?
On the top
Where is the youngest rock usually found?
in the middle of the ocean ridge
Which layer of rock is the oldest?
The basement is a term sometimes used, and Cratonis another used in a continental context.The Principle of Superposition has it that in a given formation, the top layers are the youngest, and the deeper layers the oldest.
What are particles eroded from a layer of rock that become incorporated in an overlying rock record?
The answer is the principle of inclusions.
If erosion wore away the youngest rock layer what would be the results?
Then you would be able to observe the next to the youngest rock layer.
Where is the youngest layer of rock found?
On the top
What is the makeup of the youngest layer of sedimentary rock?
Clay
Where is the youngest layer of sedimentary rock found?
On the top
Superposition can best be explained new layer on old layer?
Superposition is the theory that the rock layer that is on top is the youngest and the layer of rock on the bottom is the oldest.
Is the top layer of rock the youngest layer?
According to the Law of Superposition, in a depositional sequence of undisturbed rock layers, the top layer of rock is the most recent to form from the processes of lithification or eruption of lava onto the surface, and are therefore the youngest rock layers.
What rock layer is the youngest?
The principle of superposition states that in an undisturbed sequence of rock layers, the youngest will be at the top, the oldest at the bottom.
When might the youngest layer in a set of sedimentary rock not be on top?
1. If a set of rock layers has been disturbed by movement of tectonic plates, the youngest layer may no longer be on top.
Explain that folding faulting and uplifting can rearrange the rock layers so the youngest is not always found on top?
Whenfolding, faulting, and uplifting occurs, the youngest rock layer can not always be on top. With folding the oldest rock layer could get folded over on top of a younger layer. When faulting occurs a younger rock layer can become "lower" or pushed more down in the rock layers that was originally shown. When these things happen, then rock layers can become out of order and the youngest layer is not always on the top of the layer.
What layer is the youngest layer in the sedimentary rock?
The one closest to the surface because rock layers are laid down one on top of another.
What is the definition for principal of superposition?
states that the lowest rock in layers is the oldest and the highest is the youngest rock layer
