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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 school.
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QUESTIONS TO PONDER What is one of the three types of rocks we just learned?
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QUESTIONS TO PONDER If you found that rock in your backyard, what would that tell you?
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3 RULES Natural LAWS geologist use to “see under the ground”
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1 st RULE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION -the oldest rocks are on the bottom
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2 nd RULE LAW of Horizontality –sediments occur in horizontal layers
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3 rd RULE LAW OF CROSS CUTTING - Any rock melting through another rock must be younger
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WHATS UNDER US?
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ROCKS TELL A STORY
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AHH! INTRUSION? EROSION? WEATHERING? Deposition?
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ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY The erosion of tilted rock with new deposits on top
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DISCONFORMITY Horizontal Layers are removed and new layers take their place
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IGENOUS INTRUSION Interruption of rock layers by igneous rock –Ex. BATHOLITHS, DIKES, SILLS,
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