Cross Cutting Relationships

What THREE(3) geologic principles(or laws) is best displayed here?

• Superposition

• Original horizontality

• Cross-cutting relationships

• Unconformities

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Which layer is OLDER? Layer M or Intrusion P?

• Layer M

• Intrusion P

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Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

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Which is OLDER: Intrusion M or Fault J?

• Intrusion M

• Fault J

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This law says that if a feature (fault, intrusion, etc) cuts across another feature, it is YOUNGER than the feature is cuts across.

• Law of Original Horizontality

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Cross Cutting Relationships

• Index Fossils

If a rock layer has an intrusion going through it, the intrusion had to be there BEFORE the rock layer.

• ture

• false

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What geologic principle tells me the age of M

• Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Superposition

• Original Horizontality

• Inclusions

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What is the correct order from oldest to youngest?

• JKLM

• MJKL

• JKML

• MLKJ

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Which principle states that a geological feature which cuts another is the younger of the two features?

• Principle of Uniformitarianism

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Principle of Original Horizontality

In a sequence of sedimentary rocks, if a fault cuts through the layers, what can be inferred about the age of the fault?

• The fault is older than the layers it cuts through.

• The fault is the same age as the layers it cuts through.

• The fault is younger than the layers it cuts through.

• The fault is unrelated to the age of the layers.

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