Relative dating exercise

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Relative Dating Exercises Pamela J. Department of Geology, Georgia Perimeter College. Examine the geologic cross sections which follow, and determine the relative ages of the rock bodies, lettered features such as faults or surfaces of erosion, and other events such as tilting, folding, or erosion events. Always start with the oldest rock and work toward the present. List the letters in order, with the oldest at the bottom.

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Lab exercise that has students do relative dating, putting events in order from oldest to youngest. Includes superposition, folding, faulting, intrusions and uncomformities.

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8.2 Relative Dating Methods

One section of the fictional site stratigraphy that students will date. Art by Alexandra Broehl. To complete this activity, students will use a stratigraphic profile and supplementary descriptions to estimate the dates for each stratum at the site and the assemblages within them. The goal of the activity is to help students recognize which methods are most appropriate for dating different strata.

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