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Formations consist of strata of specific origin, type, or characteristics. Mostly sedimentary, a formation could also be of metamorphic or igneous origin. One of the most famous formations is that of the Burgess Shale, a treasure trove of Cambrian age fossils, located in the Canadian Rockies.
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Which geologic process is responsible in the formation of mountains?
folding.
Which geologic event occurred first?
"Pangaea underwent formation."
What do scientists need know about geologic formations to make a geologic map?
To have a scientist make a geologic map, they need to know something about geologic formation to show what the map is meaning. They use color to show the differences of the kind of rock and its age.
Geologic processes that assist in the formation of metamorphic rock include?
both tectonic folding and faulting
What is hadean era?
In geologic time, the Hadean is the first EONof Earth's history, from it's formation 4.57 billion years ago to about 4 billion years ago. The Hadean is not an era, which is a smaller subdivision of geologic time.
List the characteristics of a geologic formation?
list all of the characteristics of a geologic formation?
Which geologic process is responsible in the formation of mountains?
folding.
What is sunderlands formation?
The Sunderland River Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
Which geologic event occurred first?
"Pangaea underwent formation."
How does radioactivity formation tell Earth's geologic story?
It Does a man
A lava flow is an example of what?
A geologic event. An example of an igneous rock formation.
What do scientists need know about geologic formations to make a geologic map?
To have a scientist make a geologic map, they need to know something about geologic formation to show what the map is meaning. They use color to show the differences of the kind of rock and its age.
Which of the geologic events can occur at a transform boundary earthquake mountain formation volcanic eruption or rift formation?
Earthquakes occur at that moment
What is a geologic region?
regions who main characteristics is they have the main type rocks
A geologic feature of divergent plate boundaries in oceanic crust is the formation of?
rift valleys
Geologic processes that assist in the formation of metamorphic rock include?
both tectonic folding and faulting
How do you use the word geologic record in a sentence?
More often used is the term geochronology: dating the formation of rocks in geology.The geochrony of a rock can reveal when a layer of rock was formed.Geologic folding can sometimes confuse the geochrony of a rock formation.
