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Cross-Section Correlation

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.

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Cross-Section Correlation

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  1. Cross-Section Correlation

  2. What is correlation • Connecting rock layers from different outcrops that are the same in rock type and fossils present.

  3. Example This is really cool!

  4. Outcrop An exposure of rock at the earth’s surface

  5. Cross-section • A geologic picture of a slice of the earth

  6. Pinchout When a rock bed present in one outcrop is missing in another.

  7. Pinchout When a rock bed present in one outcrop is missing in another.

  8. Fossils • Trilobite: extinct, existed in early cambrian period (about 525 MYA) • Reptile:

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