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It cuts through all the other layers.
This indicates that the rock layer is newer than those it disrupts, following the principle of cross-cutting relationships in geology.
Which evidence would confirm that a given rock layer is newer than the layers around it?(1 point)
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It is horizontally-oriented.
It is horizontally-oriented.
It has been crumpled and folded, while the other layers lie flat.
It has been crumpled and folded, while the other layers lie flat.
It cuts through all the other layers.
It cuts through all the other layers.
Other layers have been deposited above it.
Other layers have been deposited above it.
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