What is Relative Age Dating?
Relative Age Dating Practice

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Relative Age Dating is a method used to determine the age of rocks and geological features in relation to one another, rather than in absolute terms.
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What does the Law of Superposition state?
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The Law of Superposition states that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layers are at the bottom and the youngest layers are at the top.
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What is an intrusion in geology?
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An intrusion is a body of igneous rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface.
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How does the Law of Crosscutting Relationships work?
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The Law of Crosscutting Relationships states that a geological feature (like a fault or intrusion) that cuts through another feature is younger than the feature it cuts.
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What is a fault in geological terms?
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A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock, which allows for the movement of the blocks relative to each other.
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Which is older: a fault or the rocks it cuts through?
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The rocks that the fault cuts through are older than the fault itself.
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What is an unconformity?
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An unconformity is a surface that represents a gap in the geological record, where rock layers have been eroded or not deposited for a period of time.
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