1.2 Dating methods used by geology
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| Stensens 5 principals? | Superposition, horizontality, lateral continuity, intrusive relationships, included fragments
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| Smiths Principal? | faunal succession
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| Def. superposition | Younger layers of sed. rocks are depositited at the top.
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| Def horizontality | If rock layers are inclined they have titled afterwards
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| def lateral continuity | sedimentary rocks form extensive sheets
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| def intrusive relationships | When igneous rocks cut through layers of sedimentary rocks, the sed rocks must have been present
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| def included fragments | If fragments of a rock are found in a a larger rock, it is said that the fragmented rock was formed first
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| def faunal succession | sed. rocks of a particular age have different fossils to sed. rocks of a different age, due to the changing biosphere
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| 3 Major Eons? | Phanerozoic 0 - 0.5 Ba, Proterozoic .5 - 2.5 Ba, Archaoezoic 2.5 - 4 Ba
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| 3 Eras of the Phanerozic? | Cenozoic Mesozoic Palaeozoic
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| P C D S O C | Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian
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| Who named P C D S O C? | Sedgewick and Murchison
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