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Geologic Notecards
Inside the Restless Earth Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List 6 disturbances that can disturb a rock sequence | A fault, intrusion, folding, tilting, angular unconformity, nonconformity and disconformity. |
| What is the difference with catastrophism and uniformitarianism? | The difference between uniformitarianism and catastrophism is that changes occur suddenly in catastropism and that the same process that happened throughout history is happening today gradually (Uniformitarianism) |
| Which layers are found on top and what is it called? | Younger layers are found on top, older on the bottom. The rule is called superposition. |