Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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If the lithology and fossil content of two bodies of rock on opposite sides of a canyon are identical then these remaining outcrops were likely physically connectedat one time and formed part of an extensive, sheet-like layer of rock. This idea summarizes the principle of 1. Superposition   2. Lateral continuity   3. Original horizontality   4. uniformitarianism

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