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jho37

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on: Jul 15, 2018
What are the requirements for a useful guide fossil? What will be an ideal response?

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What criteria are used to correlate rock units in different areas? What will be an ideal response?


coreycathey

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A guide fossil should be easily identified, geographically widespread, and should be from an organism
that existed for a relatively short period of geologic time.



Answer to Question 2

ANS:Similar
lithology, similar position in a sequence, fossil assemblages.



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