If the Lithology and Fossil Content of Two Bodies of Rock

question 37

Multiple Choice

If the lithology and fossil content of two bodies of rock on opposite sides of a canyon are identical,then these remaining outcrops were likely physically connected at one time and formed part of an extensive,sheet-like layer of rock.This idea summarizes the principle of ____________.

• A) superposition
• B) original continuity
• C) original horizontality
• D) uniformitarianism

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