Geology 101, Fall 2007 Name: Assignment 4: Dating methods and structural geology Define/distinguish the following terms: relative dating vs. numerical (absolute) dating original horizontality vs. lateral continuity faunal succession vs. evolution uniformitarianism vs. catastrophism index fossils vs. correlation (geologic) formation vs. (geologic) period dendrochronology vs. carbon-14 (radiocarbon) dating Uranium-series dating vs. thermoluminescencestress (compression, tension, shearing) vs. strain plastic deformation vs. brittle failure fold (anticline and syncline) vs. fault (reverse, normal and strike-slip) orogeny (fold-and-thrust, fault-block) vs. peneplain Place the geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon in chronological order from oldest to youngest. Place the geological periods of the Paleozoic Era in chronological order from oldest to youngest. Place the geological periods of the Mesozoic Era in chronological order from oldest to youngest. Place the geological periods of the Cenozoic Era in chronological order from oldest to youngest. Place the geological epochs of the Tertiary Period in chronological order from oldest to
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