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dakota nelson

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What principle states that in an undisturbed succession of sedimentary rocks, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top?
 A)The principle of cross-cutting relationships
 B)The principle of inclusions
 C)The principle of fossil succession
 D)The principle of uniformitarianism
 E)The principle of superposition

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Rocks overlying a fault plane is the ___________________ _ block.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Excellent

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