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| the principle that states younger rock is over older rock |
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| the study of long dead organisms or fossils |
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| a break in the earth's crust |
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| the bending of rock layers due to stress in the earth’s crust. |
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| when internal forces in the Earth slant rock layers without folding them. |
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| Determining the age of an object or event. |
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| The arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom and the youngest at the top |
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| is a missing rock layer that creates gaps in the rock sequence. |
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| the movement of magma through the cracks of underground rock. |
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