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geological time

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Relative Age   Indicates that one layer is older or younger than another layer but does not determine the rocks age in years.  
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Law of Superposition   Sedimentary rock layers are older then the layers above it and younger then the layers below it.  
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Intrusion    
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Fault    
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Principle of Original Horizontality   sedimentary rocks left undisturbed will remain in horizontal layers.  
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Law of Cross-cutting Relationships   Fault or igneous intrusion is always younger than the rock layers it cuts through.  
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