The Principle That States That an Igneous Intrusion or a Fault

question 32

Multiple Choice

The principle that states that an igneous intrusion or a fault is younger than the rocks that it intrudes or cuts is the principle of:

• A) cross-cutting relationships.
• B) inclusions.
• C) fossil succession.
• D) uniformitarianism.
• E) superposition.

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