The figure below from a geologic publication from the early 1800s shows two sequences of sedimentary layers that are correlated

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The figure below from a geologic publication from the early 1800s shows two sequences of sedimentary layers that are correlated to one another layers of the same age are matched Each fossil amminoid species shown to the right of the layers or strata is unique to the rock stratum layer in which it s found and together the fossils form a unique order through the layers of rock This observation as applied to correlating rock strata from different localities as shown here with the two sequences is the principle of O original horizontality O uniformitarianism O faunal succession O superposition O inclusions Fuller s Earth The Scruff Zigzag Bed Microzoa Beds Massive Beds The Red Bed Bridport Sands 888888 12 30 888 Pom Ostrea acuminata Parkinsonia parkinsoni Stephanoceras humphriesianum Ludwigia murchisonae

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