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cross-cutting relationships


Geologic discontinuities that suggest relative ages: A geologic feature is younger than the feature it cuts. Thus, a fault cutting across a rock is younger than the rock.
Source: ge-at.iastate.edu

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cross-cutting relationships


A rock or fault is younger than any rock or fault through which it cuts. [ return to top
Source: college.cengage.com





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