1. States that when a fault cuts across a sequence of sedimentary rocks, the fault is younger than the rocks it cuts 2. States that as undisturbed layers accumulate through time; older layers are buried beneath younger layers a. Paraconconformity b. Nonconformity c. Angular conformity d. Disconformity e. Original horizontality f. Lateral continuity g. superposition h. cross cutting relationship

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1. States that when a fault cuts across a sequence
of sedimentary rocks, the fault is younger than the rocks it cuts
2. States that as undisturbed layers accumulate through time;
older layers are buried beneath younger layers
a. Paraconconformity
b. Nonconformity
c. Angular conformity
d. Disconformity
e. Original
horizontality
f. Lateral continuity
g. superposition
h. cross cutting
relationship
Transcribed Image Text:A 1. States that when a fault cuts across a sequence of sedimentary rocks, the fault is younger than the rocks it cuts 2. States that as undisturbed layers accumulate through time; older layers are buried beneath younger layers a. Paraconconformity b. Nonconformity c. Angular conformity d. Disconformity e. Original horizontality f. Lateral continuity g. superposition h. cross cutting relationship
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