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    The principle of original horizontality states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity. It is a relative...
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    1978, pg. 115, "The Principle of Superposition and Original Horizontality;" pg. 116: The Law of Faunal Succession, "The Principle of Crosscutting Relations;"...
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  • superposition Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of lateral continuity Principle of original horizontality History of paleontology Winchester...
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  • Principle of original horizontality – Layers of sediment are deposited approximately horizontally under the action of gravity Principle of superposition –...
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  • Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology (category PBS original programming)
    cross-sections, sedimentation and sedimentary layering, the principle of original horizontality, major structures of rocks – including fractures, joints, faults, folds...
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    the development of fundamental geologic laws such as the law of superposition, the principle of original horizontality, principle of lateral continuity...
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    them. The principle of original horizontality states that the deposition of sediments occurs as essentially horizontal beds. Observation of modern marine...
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    the topic of: Cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity Principle of original horizontality Cross Cutting...
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    it. The principle of original horizontality states that the deposition of sediments occurs as essentially horizontal beds. The principles of lithostratigraphy...
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    Heritage). The Wikibook Historical Geology has a page on the topic of: Walther's principle Reading, H. G. (1996). Sedimentary Environments and Facies. Blackwell...
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    Sedimentary rocks form under the influence of gravity and typically are deposited in horizontal or near horizontal layers or strata, and may be referred to...
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    movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves little or no horizontal movement...
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    Geology (redirect from Geology of Earth)
    them. The principle of original horizontality states that the deposition of sediments occurs as essentially horizontal beds. Observation of modern marine...
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    The principle of original horizontality states that any archaeological layer deposited in an unconsolidated form will tend towards a horizontal deposition...
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    mantle may be part of the lithosphere or the asthenosphere at different times depending on its temperature and pressure. The key principle of plate tectonics...
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    sequence of layers of rocks in the order they were deposited. It is based on the principle of original horizontality, which states that layers of sediment...
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    Erosion (redirect from Erosion of land)
    transport of eroded materials from their original location is followed by deposition, which is arrival and emplacement of material at a new location. While erosion...
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  • law Principle of original horizontality Law of superposition Principle of lateral continuity Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal...
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    the law of superposition, the principle of original horizontality and the principle of lateral continuity in a 1669 work on the fossilization of organic...
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    resistate. In effect, chemical weathering changes the original set of minerals in the rock into a new set of minerals that is in closer equilibrium with surface...
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  • is a restatement of Charles Lyell's original principle of inclusions and components from his 1830 to 1833 multi-volume Principles of Geology, which states...
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    original horizontality, and the principle of lateral continuity. 18th-century geologist James Hutton contributed to an early understanding of the Earth's...
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    the "law of superposition" and the "principle of original horizontality"). In the 1790s, William Smith hypothesized that if two layers of rock at widely...
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  • geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological...
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  • Timeline of geology c. 1025 – al-Biruni publishes the Kitāb fī Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind (Researches on India), in which he discusses the geology of India and...
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  • applied science which combines the principles of economic geology and mining engineering to the development of a defined mineral resource. Mining geologists...
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  • analysed with the principle of original horizontality, which states that sediments are deposited at their angle of repose which, for most types of sediment, is...
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    Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location,...
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    of the geosciences; according to Lindgren (1933) it is “the application of geology”. It may be called the scientific study of the Earth's sources of mineral...
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    viscosity of the medium in which the particles precipitate. Steno's Principle of Original Horizontality explains that rock layers form in horizontal layers...
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