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ROCKS TELL A STORY Monday, May 16th - Stratigraphy….what do cliffs tell us? Rock Test WEDNESDAY!!!!! If you want to study rock I.D, stop after or before.

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1 ROCKS TELL A STORY Monday, May 16th - Stratigraphy….what do cliffs tell us? Rock Test WEDNESDAY!!!!! If you want to study rock I.D, stop after or before school.

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3 QUESTIONS TO PONDER What is one of the three types of rocks we just learned?

4 QUESTIONS TO PONDER If you found that rock in your backyard, what would that tell you?

5 3 RULES Natural LAWS geologist use to “see under the ground”

6 1 st RULE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION -the oldest rocks are on the bottom

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9 2 nd RULE LAW of Horizontality –sediments occur in horizontal layers

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12 3 rd RULE LAW OF CROSS CUTTING - Any rock melting through another rock must be younger

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17 WHATS UNDER US?

18 ROCKS TELL A STORY

19 AHH! INTRUSION? EROSION? WEATHERING? Deposition?

20 ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY The erosion of tilted rock with new deposits on top

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23 DISCONFORMITY Horizontal Layers are removed and new layers take their place

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27 IGENOUS INTRUSION Interruption of rock layers by igneous rock –Ex. BATHOLITHS, DIKES, SILLS,

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