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This is the order of the levels:

  • Shallowest
  • Second youngest sediment layer
  • Higher carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio
  • Second oldest sediment layer
  • Lower carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio
  • Deepest

What are the levels?

Based on the principle of stratigraphic superposition, deduce that the shallowest layer is the newest and the deepest layer is the oldest.

The carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio can also be used to determine the age of a sediment layer. The lower the ratio, the older the layer is.

Therefore, the order of the layers is as follows:

Shallowest

Second youngest sediment layer

Highest carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio

Second oldest sediment layer

Lowest carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio

Deepest

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