Relative Dating Worksheet 2
NAME:____________________ HR: ___
**Look at the diagram below. Put the events in order from first (oldest) to last (youngest),
including any events such as weathering & erosion, intrusions, faulting and/or folding.
ALSO,
**Explain how they occurred/how you know it is that old
(i.e.— Law of Superposition, Cross-Cutting, Horizontality, etc.)
weathering
DDRAW
DRAW
ARROWS
ON
FAULT
SHOWING
DIRECTION
& label the
Type of fault!
15._______
14._______
13._______
12._______
11._______
10._______
9. _______
8. _______
7. _______
6. _______
5. _______
4. _______
3. _______
2. _______
1. _______
___________________________________________________ (youngest)
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___________________________________________________(oldest)
Type of Fault __________________________________________ (Normal, Reverse)
**Look at the diagram below. Put the events in order from first (oldest) to last (youngest),
including any events such as weathering & erosion, intrusions, faulting and/or folding.
ALSO,
**Explain how they occurred/how you know it is that old
(i.e.— Law of superposition, cross-cutting, horizontality, and deposition, etc.)
weathering
& erosion
15._____ _____________________________________________________ (youngest)
14._____ _____________________________________________________
13. _____ _____________________________________________________
12. _____ _____________________________________________________
11. _____ _____________________________________________________
10. _____ _____________________________________________________
9. _____ _____________________________________________________
8. _____ _____________________________________________________
7. _____ _____________________________________________________
6. _____ _____________________________________________________
5. _____ _____________________________________________________
4. _____ _____________________________________________________
3. _____ _____________________________________________________
2. _____ _____________________________________________________
1. _____ _____________________________________________________(oldest)
Weathering
All layers and events (faulting, tilting, intrusions, weathering) need to be included.
17._____ ____________________________________________________(youngest)
16._____ _____________________________________________________
15._____ _____________________________________________________
14._____ _____________________________________________________
13. _____ _____________________________________________________
12. _____ _____________________________________________________
11. _____ _____________________________________________________
10. _____ _____________________________________________________
9. _____ _____________________________________________________
8. _____ _____________________________________________________
7. _____ _____________________________________________________
6. _____ _____________________________________________________
5. _____ _____________________________________________________
4. _____ _____________________________________________________
3. _____ _____________________________________________________
2. _____ _____________________________________________________
1. _____ _____________________________________________________(oldest)
Sequence the layers and events from Oldest (#1) to the youngest.
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)