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Which principle states: "Geologic processes taking place on Earth today operated similarly in the past and can be used to explain past geologic events"?

faunal succession


uniformitarianism


Steno's principle


lateral continuity

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Uniformitarianism is the correct answer
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Answer;

Uniformitarianism

Step-by-step explanation;

The principle of Uniformitarianism is the idea that all geological process have operated slowly and in the same manner as they are observed to operate today.

The principle of uniformitarianism is used to date rocks based on the assumptions of uniform process. The principle of uniformitarianism is applied to the organic world as well as the geological world. Darwinian evolution uses the principle of uniformitarianism as the central idea of descent with modification that organisms have evolved by slow gradual uniform changes.

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