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How can you tell the relative ages of rock layers?

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Its difficult to determine the absolute age so geologists use method to find a rock's relative age. Use the: LAW OF SUPERPOSITION: in horizontal sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom. Each higher layer is younger than the layers below it.

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(Rockaway Middle School, Relative Ages Of Rocks)

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