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EESA06 Lecture 8 Exam Study Guide Updated 2024 Deep Time - Ans:-geological time (4.5 million years) Strata - Ans:-Layers of rocks which contain fossils. Stratigraphy - Ans:-Study of rocks to determine their age. Absolute age dating - Ans:-Determines exact age of rocks and other organisms. Relative age dating - Ans:-Determines an approximate age of an item, is based on mapping in the field. Accommodation - Ans:-Layers of crust that are subsiding, that accumulate sediment to preserve rocks. Subsidence - Ans:-sinking of the land caused by tectonic forces, or by [Compaction] of the underlying rocks due to settling of the grains or removal of [Groundwater]. Sedimentary Basins - Ans:-areas where the crust is sinking (subsiding) Uplift - Ans:-results in non-accommodation, which is erosion or the removal of rock. Conformable succession - Ans:-where the layers sit on each other without

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EESA06 Lecture 8 Exam Study Guide Updated 2024



Deep Time - Ans:✔✔-geological time (4.5 million years)


Strata - Ans:✔✔-Layers of rocks which contain fossils.


Stratigraphy - Ans:✔✔-Study of rocks to determine their age.


Absolute age dating - Ans:✔✔-Determines exact age of rocks and other organisms.


Relative age dating - Ans:✔✔-Determines an approximate age of an item, is based on mapping in the

field.


Accommodation - Ans:✔✔-Layers of crust that are subsiding, that accumulate sediment to preserve

rocks.


Subsidence - Ans:✔✔-sinking of the land caused by tectonic forces, or by [Compaction] of the underlying

rocks due to settling of the grains or removal of [Groundwater].


Sedimentary Basins - Ans:✔✔-areas where the crust is sinking (subsiding)


Uplift - Ans:✔✔-results in non-accommodation, which is erosion or the removal of rock.


Conformable succession - Ans:✔✔-where the layers sit on each other without


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