USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Principle of Original Horizontality

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Title	Comment	Keywords
Original Horizontality	01:49 - 03:08 (01:19) / 1.3 MB	"Nicholas Steno", "Principle of Original Horizontality", deformation, strata, sedimentation
Horizontal Rock Layers	09:48 - 10:13 (00:25) / 0.5 MB	"James Sadd", "Principle of Original Horizontality", "original horizontality", horizontality, gravity, fold, deformation
Relative Age Sequence	10:39 - 11:23 (00:44) / 0.6 MB	"Principle of Original Horizontality", "Principle of Superposition", "Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships", unconformity, "James Hutton"
Cross-Bedding	13:28 - 14:47 (01:19) / 1.4 MB	"sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "Principle of Original Horizontality", "sedimentary structure", bedding, cross-bedding, lakebed, "sea floor", wind, sand, dune, "mineral color", "mineral composition", "sand bar", "stream delta", geologist, stream, deposition, erosion, velocity, water

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