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According to the principle of cross-cutting relationships an intrusive rock body is

Younger than the rock it intrudes into

What are eras divided into

The constituent time segments are epochs and periods, which are further divided into ages.

What determines the type of fossil that is formed
  • the conditions under which the organism died and how it was buried
What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas

Running Water

A break that separates older metamorphic rocks form younger sedimentary rocks immediately above them is a type of unconformity called an

a nonconformity

Used to date fossils in rocks to give an approximate age

Radiocarbon Dating.

Radiometric dating does not usually work with sedimentary rocks because they

Form from many older rock particles.

What is the name of the doctrine that states the physical chemical and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the geologic past

Uniformitarianism

Geologists have divided earths history in the manaeable units that are represented by the

Geologic time scale

Which type of geologic event has to occur to create an angular unconformity

The folding or tilting of rocks, followed by renewed deposition, has to occur to create an angular unconformity.

Which is a true statement about the process of accretion

It enlarges continental landmasses and forms mountains along the edges of continents.

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in continental coastline

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