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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Principle of Superposition


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Title	Comment	Keywords
Geologic Time	30 minutes / n.a.	"absolute age dating", "James Hutton", isotope, "geologic time", element, fossil, Bible, "age", superposition, "sedimentary rock", "rock formation", "relative age dating", radioactivity, "radioisotope", "Principle of Superposition", "mass spectrometer", correlation
Superposition	09:06 - 09:48 (00:42) / 0.8 MB	"James Sadd", "geologic age", "Principle of Superposition", superposition
Relative Age Sequence	10:39 - 11:23 (00:44) / 0.6 MB	"Principle of Original Horizontality", "Principle of Superposition", "Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships", unconformity, "James Hutton"
Chronology On the Basis of Superposition	15:43 - 16:36 (00:53) / 0.7 MB	"geologic time", "Principle of Superposition", "Dee Trent", correlation, Europe, fossil, superposition, chronology

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