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Relative dating is all about figuring out the order in which things happened in the past, without necessarily knowing exactly when they happened. It's like putting things in chronological order, but without knowing exactly how many years ago they happened. What is relative dating? Relative dating is like figuring out the order in which rocks formed, like putting them in first, second, third place. It doesn't tell us exactly when each rock formed, only that one rock is older or younger than…

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TX: flic.kr/p/666sti | A small reverse fault at Ernst Tinaja, Brewster, TX.  This fault shows two interesting things.  The first is the difference between the brittle (the fractured upper beds) and the ductile (the folded lower beds) response of different rock layers to the same stress.  The second is that the feature is compressive, indicating that it is most likey a Laramide structure (ie. Rocky Mountains) and not a later Basin and Range extensional structure. Rock Layers, Earth Layers, Rock Textures, Natural Structures, Geology Rocks, Moon Photography, Ancient Mysteries, Earth From Space, Rock Formations

A small reverse fault at Ernst Tinaja. This fault shows two interesting things. The first is the difference between the brittle (the fractured upper beds) and the ductile (the folded lower beds) response of different rock layers to the same stress. The second is that the feature is compressive , indicating that it is most likey a Laramide structure (ie. Rocky Mountains) and not a later Basin and Range extensional structure.

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