Chapter 28 Flashcards
1
Q
Five Ways of Determining Age Relative to Another Object
A
Superposition (younger on top of older
Original Horizontality (something caused them to become angled)
Inclusions (embedded items are older)
Instrusions/Crosscutting (intruding item is younger)
Faunal Succession (comparing types of fossils to see which came first - a dog comes after a dinosaur)