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Name Fossils and Geologie Time Section Composite Stratigraphic Columas to rea and establish their relative ages. Not all rock bodies will be present at any one loçality, due eeon, nondeposition, burial, or removal by faulting. By consolidating data from a number of area as a whole. tu ot the separate columns, placing them in their correct chronologic sequence. Remember that rock Types may repeat themselves, but ertinct life forms never do. Construct a'composite stratigraphic column on the far right which accounts for all of the units in

Name Fossils and Geologie Time Section Composite Stratigraphic Columas to rea and establish their relative ages. Not all rock bodies will be present at any one loçality, due eeon, nondeposition, burial, or removal by faulting. By consolidating data from a number of area as a whole. tu ot the separate columns, placing them in their correct chronologic sequence. Remember that rock Types may repeat themselves, but ertinct life forms never do. Construct a'composite stratigraphic column on the far right which accounts for all of the units in

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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10:15 1 Done When a geologis...all-the rock units Name Fossils and Geologic Time Section Composite Stratigraphic Columas "hen a geologist selects an area for study or manping, the first step is to describe all-the rock units diat area and establish their relative agrs. Not all rock bodies will be present at any one loçality, due o crosion, nondeposition, burial, or removal by faulting. By consolidating data from a ntmoer et aeparate outcrops, the geologist can assemble a composite stratigraphle column representative of the Construct a'composite stratigraphic column on the far right which accounts for all of the units in each of the separate columns, placing them in their correct chronologie sequence. Remember that rock types may repeat themselves, but ertinct life forms never do. area as a whole. da
Transcribed Image Text:10:15 1 Done When a geologis...all-the rock units Name Fossils and Geologic Time Section Composite Stratigraphic Columas "hen a geologist selects an area for study or manping, the first step is to describe all-the rock units diat area and establish their relative agrs. Not all rock bodies will be present at any one loçality, due o crosion, nondeposition, burial, or removal by faulting. By consolidating data from a ntmoer et aeparate outcrops, the geologist can assemble a composite stratigraphle column representative of the Construct a'composite stratigraphic column on the far right which accounts for all of the units in each of the separate columns, placing them in their correct chronologie sequence. Remember that rock types may repeat themselves, but ertinct life forms never do. area as a whole. da
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