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Geology 112 Word Scramble

 
 


 

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