Q: If you were studying a series of sedimentary rock layers and found them to be significantly tilted, which conclusion would be most supported by principles of relative dating?
If you were studying a series of sedimentary rock layers and found them to be significantly tilted, which conclusion would be most supported by principles of relative dating?
Flexi Says: Sediments were deposited in ancient seas in horizontal, or flat, layers. If sedimentary rock layers are tilted, they must have moved after they were deposited.