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FOSSILS & ROCK AGES
WHICH FORMS WHEN NEW ROCK LAYERS FORM OVER OLDER ROCK LAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN ERODED?
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A. DISCONFORMITY
B. ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY
C. NONCONFORMITY
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A. DISCONFORMITY
Reason: a disconformity is when younger rock layers are deposited atop older sedimentary layers that were eroded first. An angular unconformity involves tilted/folded older beds; a nonconformity is between sedimentary rocks and underlying igneous or metamorphic rocks.
Reason: a disconformity is when younger rock layers are deposited atop older sedimentary layers that were eroded first. An angular unconformity involves tilted/folded older beds; a nonconformity is between sedimentary rocks and underlying igneous or metamorphic rocks.
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