section 3 ch 27 Flashcards
1
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the process by which water enters earth and becomes groundwater below the surface
A
infiltration
2
Q
water bearing
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aquifer
3
Q
percentage of the materials total volume that is pore space
A
porosity
4
Q
process of assigning a numerical age to oragasims objects or events
A
absolute dating
5
Q
the process of placing objects or events in their proper order in time
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relative dating
6
Q
states that the laws of nature operate today as they have in the past
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uniformitarianism
7
Q
states that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rock layers
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pinciple of superposition
8
Q
are gaps in the rock record during which either erosion occured or deposition was absent
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uncomforities
9
Q
the remains or traces of organisms found in the geologic rock record
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fossils
