The Danish Physician Who Developed the Geologic Principle of Superposition

question 5

Multiple Choice

The Danish physician who developed the geologic principle of superposition, according to which rocks (and fossils) higher in a sequence are younger than those buried farther down, was

• A)Charles Lyell.
• B)Niels Stensen (aka Nicolaus Steno).
• C)William Smith.
• D)James Hutton.

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