1. Relative Dating
not your cousin

2. Relative Dating- the order in which a series of events occurred

3. Line up in order of age

4. Law of Superposition- the oldest sedimentary rock is at the bottom
youngest
oldest

5. What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest ?B A

6. What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest ?V V A A M M W W P P K L K B B

7. Law of Cross-Cutting igneous rocks cut through older rocks

8. What is the order of these rocks layers from oldest to youngest ?
layer B is an igneous intrusion B

9. What is the order of these rocks layers from oldest to youngest ?1 2 3 4
layer 6 is an igneous intrusion 6 5

10. A fault is younger than all the rocks it goes
through

11. What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest
including
the fault ? C B D A

12. B Q B What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest
including
the fault ? K W E W B Q B

13. What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest
including
the fault ? D Q A
Fault Z L

14. Order these rock layers from oldest to youngest including the fault.B B
layer D is an igneous intrusion & E is a fault D C

15. Unconformity- missing rock due to erosion
The squiggly line means stuff is missing

16. What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest
including
the fault and
unconformity? F A G B G E
layer C is an igneous intrusion, D is a fault, &
A is an unconformity C E D