The Principle That Can Be Used to Determine the Relative

question 91

Multiple Choice

The principle that can be used to determine the relative age of an igneous intrusion called a dike is the principle of

• A)crosscutting relations.
• B)superposition.
• C)original horizontality.
• D)unconformities.

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