Rock layers are correlated if they both contain the same ____.
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A limestone bed containing fossils that are 550 million years old is ____ a bed of sandstone containing fossils that are 400 million years old.
Scientists are able to determine the relative age of rocks in specific years.
In a series of undisturbed rock layers where shale lies between sandstone below and limestone above, the ____.
If a layer of sandstone lies on top of a layer of limestone in which a 300-million-year-old fossil is found, and there are no unconformities, the layer of sandstone must be ____.
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers, it's likely that the two rock layers ____.
Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called ____.
Which principle states that, in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest rocks are on top?
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