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How could a natural event like an earthquake make it difficult to use the law of superposition

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Because earthquakes shake up the soil and after an earthquake the layers of the earth could be mixed up

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Answer: Explanation:

Law of superposition is the name for the observation that given a stack of layers, or beds, of sedimentary rocks, older beds are found below younger beds. With each layer being younger than the one beneath it and older than the one above it. This is as long as there has been no disturbance of the beds.

So a natural event like earthquake goes against this law.

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