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Cross-Section Correlation. What is correlation. Connecting rock layers from different outcrops that are the same in rock type and fossils present. Example. This is really cool!. Outcrop. An exposure of rock at the earth’s surface. Cross-section. A geologic picture of a slice of the earth. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cross-Section Correlation
Connecting rock layers from different outcrops that are the same in rock type and fossils present.
What is correlation
Example
This is really cool!
An exposure of rock at the earth’s surface
Outcrop
A geologic picture of a slice of the earth
Cross-section
When a rock bed present in one outcrop is missing in another.
Pinchout
When a rock bed present in one outcrop is missing in another.
Pinchout
Trilobite: extinct, existed in early cambrian period (about 525 MYA)
Reptile:
Fossils
