1. Relative Dating

2. I. Relative Dating
Relative Dating is when you give the age of a rock or fossil compared to another rock or fossil.
Example: Rock A is OLDER than Rock B.
An actual age in years is not determined.

3. II. Rules of Relative Dating
Law of Superposition: When sedimentary rock layers are deposited, younger layers are on top of older deposits.

4. Rules of Relative Dating
2. Law of Original Horizontality: Sedimentary rock layers are deposited horizontally. If they are tilted, folded, or broken, it happened later.

5. Rules of Relative Dating
3. Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships: If an igneous intrusion or a fault cuts through existing rocks, the intrusion/fault is YOUNGER than the rock it cuts through

6. III. Correlation
Rock layers in different places and be correlated or matched up by matching up the rocks and fossils in the layers.

7. What events might have caused the rock layers to become tilted?
Why is the top flat?
What caused the angular unconformity?
What type of rocks formed above?

8. What is “B”?
Place the layers in order from oldest to youngest

9. Put the events in order

10. Put the events in order