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Originally observed by Nicholas Steno in the seventeenth century, the law of superposition states that in an undisturbed series of sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks will be at the bottom and the youngest will be at the top. Before the development of...
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The law of superposition (or the principle of superposition) is an observation that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy: Sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence, with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on the top....


 

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