Geol 1610 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

_____ implies that each successive layer deposited is younger than the one deposited below, therefore the oldest rocks would be at the bottom of an outcrop and the youngest rock would be at the top of an outcrop, provided the outcrop has not been overturned. - ️️law of superposition A large plutonic mass that encompasses an area over 40,000 square kilometers - ️️batholith A rock composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and muscovite would be? - ️️Metamorphic A rock resulting from t...