Relative Dating Worksheet 2
NAME:____________________ HR: ___
**Look at the diagram below. Put the layers in order from first (oldest) to last (youngest),
Also include any events, such as when erosion, intrusions, faults, &/or folding happened.
ON TOP OF THAT,
**List the law/principle that explains the order of occurrence/how you know it is that old
(i.e.— Law of Superposition, Cross-Cutting, or Horizontality.)
Fault
Erosion
DDRAW
**Draw an arrow on the fault to show which direction the side with the hanging wall moved
15.___________
14.___________
13.___________
12.___________
11.___________
10.___________
9. ___________
8. ___________
7. ___________
6. ___________
5. ___________
4. ___________
3. ___________
2. ___________
1. ___________
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_______________________________________________(oldest)
Type of Fault is shown ______________________________________ (Normal, Reverse)
**Look at the diagram below. Put the layers in order from first (oldest) to last (youngest),
Also include any events, such as when erosion, intrusions, faults, &/or folding happened.
ON TOP OF THAT,
**List the law/principle that explains the order of occurrence/how you know it is that old
(i.e.— Law of Superposition, Cross-Cutting, or Horizontality.)
weathering
& erosion
15.___________
14.___________
13.___________
12.___________
11.___________
10.___________
9. ___________
8. ___________
7. ___________
6. ___________
5. ___________
4. ___________
3. ___________
2. ___________
1. ___________
_______________________________________________ (youngest)
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_______________________________________________(oldest)
**Look at the diagram below. Put the layers in order from first (oldest) to last (youngest),
Also include events, such as when tilting, erosion, intrusions, faults, or folding happened.
ON TOP OF THAT,
**List the law/principle that explains the order of occurrence/how you know it is that old
(i.e.— Law of Superposition, Cross-Cutting, or Horizontality.)
Weathering
17.___________ ______________________________________________(youngest)
16.___________
15.___________
14.___________
13.___________
12.___________
11.___________
10.___________
9. ___________
8. ___________
7. ___________
6. ___________
5. ___________
4. ___________
3. ___________
2. ___________
1. ___________
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Sequence the layers & events from Oldest (#1) to the youngest. (#13)
Weathering and erosion
_____ Q (deposition)
_____Tilt and Uplift
_____N (deposition)
_____L (deposition)
_____O (deposition)
_____M (principle of inclusion, and contact metamorphism to produce a nonconformity)
_____P (principle of cross-cutting relationships, with contact metamorphism)
_____J (deposition, possible disconformity)
_____Weathering and erosion
_____H (deposition, produces an angular unconformity)
_____I (deposition)
_____Weathering and erosion
_____K (deposition)