The principal of cross-cutting relationships involves intrusive rock body younger then the rock into which it intrudes.
The principal of cross-cutting relationships involves intrusive rock body younger then the rock into which it intrudes.
principle of original horizontality
granite
The melted rock of the igneous intrusion pushed its way into cracks and made previously existing rock weaker. The intrusions only became rock when they cooled and solidified, therefore they are younger than the rocks in which they are embedded.
the principal of sedimentarianism
The principal of cross-cutting relationships involves intrusive rock body younger then the rock into which it intrudes.
principle of original horizontality
principle of original horizontality
principle of original horizontality
principle of original horizontality
Younger than the rock it intrudes into
Younger than the rock it intrudes into
granite
The melted rock of the igneous intrusion pushed its way into cracks and made previously existing rock weaker. The intrusions only became rock when they cooled and solidified, therefore they are younger than the rocks in which they are embedded.
Law of cross-cutting relationships
the principal of sedimentarianism
cross cutting relationship