Question

If fossil species A is consistently recovered from geological deposits beneath layers containing fossil species B, then A is considered to be older than B. This relative dating technique is based on the principle of Group of answer choices fluorine analysis. paleomagnetism. geolayering. superposition.

Answer 1

superposition

Explanation:

Dating consists of ordering geological events according to the time they occurred, which ones occurred first, and which ones occurred latterly. This dating can be done by using the superposition geological principle.

Sediments can be incrusted in horizontal layers in the ground, called stratum. Different stratum can give us information about the environment in the past. They keep information about the age and the conditions under which the sediments got deposited.

Some geological principles allow us to date, relatively, the age of different geological events in the past.

Sediment layers place in a temporal sequence, let us know that the older layers are located in an inferior position concerning the newer layers. Hence, fossil species placed in more inferior layers are supposed to be older than fossil species found in more superficial layers.