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    The principle of lateral continuity states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous...
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  • superposition Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of lateral continuity Principle of original horizontality History of paleontology Winchester...
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    structural geology. Law of superposition Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity The Wikibook Historical...
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    topic of: Steno's principles Harris matrix Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity Principle...
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    The principle of lateral continuity states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous...
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    principle of original horizontality, and the principle of lateral continuity: three defining principles of stratigraphy. The word geology was first used...
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    ductile asthenosphere beneath. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection currents, the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid mantle. At...
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    the law of superposition, the principle of original horizontality and the principle of lateral continuity in a 1669 work on the fossilization of organic...
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    development of fundamental geologic laws such as the law of superposition, the principle of original horizontality, principle of lateral continuity, and the...
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    succession of facies reflects lateral changes in environment. Conversely, it states that when a depositional environment "migrates" laterally, sediments of one...
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