Question

In the late 1800's various principles (original horizontality, inclusions, cross cutting relations, etc.) were established and used to ________.

Answer 1

In the late 1800's various principles (original horizontality, inclusions, cross cutting relations, etc.) were established and used to _____.

• Organize the order in which events occurred on earth

Step-by-step explanation:

• The principle of original horizontality tell us that originally all layers of the rocks were deposited horizontally due to the effect of the gravity.
• The term inclusion in mineralogy refer to such a material that has been trapped inside a mineral during its formation.
• The cross cutting relationship refer to the fact that any geological feature like a rock that cuts another geological feature will be always be younger than the feature it cuts.
• All of these terms give us knowledge about the order in which events occurred on the earth.