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Cross-cutting relationships

Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two

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Magnetostratigraphy

Method of dating sedimentary and volcanic rocks

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Magnetostratigraphy

Method of dating sedimentary and volcanic rocks

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Principle of lateral continuity
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Stratigraphic cycles
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Marker horizon

Stratigraphic units used to correlate the age of strata in rocks

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Principle of lateral continuity
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Basement (geology)

Metamorphic or igneous rocks below a sedimentary platform or cover

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Marker horizon

Stratigraphic units used to correlate the age of strata in rocks

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Principle of lateral continuity
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Bed (geology)

Layer of sediment, sedimentary rock, or pyroclastic material

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Cross-cutting relationships

Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two

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Stratigraphic cycles
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Stratigraphic cycles
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Marker horizon

Stratigraphic units used to correlate the age of strata in rocks

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Principle of lateral continuity
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Cross-cutting relationships

Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two

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Caprock

Rock overlying a less resistant type

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Paleocollapse

Rock structure

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Horizon (geology)
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Principle of original horizontality

Layers of sediment are deposited approximately horizontally under the action of gravity

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Magnetostratigraphy

Method of dating sedimentary and volcanic rocks

general/stratigraphy
Cross-cutting relationships

Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two

general/stratigraphy
Marker horizon

Stratigraphic units used to correlate the age of strata in rocks

general/stratigraphy
Stratigraphic cycles
general/stratigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy

Method of dating sedimentary and volcanic rocks

general/stratigraphy
Cross-cutting relationships

Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two

general/stratigraphy
Marker horizon

Stratigraphic units used to correlate the age of strata in rocks

general/stratigraphy
Principle of lateral continuity
general/stratigraphy
Principle of original horizontality

Layers of sediment are deposited approximately horizontally under the action of gravity

general/stratigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy

Method of dating sedimentary and volcanic rocks

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Stratigraphic cycles
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Polystrate fossil

Creationist term for a fossil that extends through more than one geological stratum

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Stratigraphic column

Diagram used in geology to show the vertical sequence of rock units

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Tectonostratigraphy
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