This Figure Shows Two Sections of Rocks

question 105

Multiple Choice

This figure shows two sections of rocks. Which of the following is NOT a valid way to correlate one of the numbered units from one section to another?

• A) Units at the top of two sections will automatically be correlative.
• B) A distinctive rock type breccia in unit 4) is probably equivalent to the same rock type in the other section.
• C) Match units that contain the same types of index fossils as in unit 3).
• D) The shale in unit 2 is part of a distinctive sequence that is overlain by the same type of fossils.

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