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How could you prove that through rock layers in one area match rock layers found in another area?
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How could you prove that

through
rock layers in one area match rock layers
found in another area?

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An unconformity shows where some rock layers have been lost because of erosion. To date rock layers, geologists first give a relative age to a layer of rock at one location and then give the same age to matching layers at other locations. Certain fossils, called index fossils, help geologists match rock layers.

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