Multiple Choice
The principle of lateral continuity proposes that sedimentary rock layers continue in all directions until they grade into a different rock type or thin out on the edge of a basin is important because______ .
A) it showed that catastrophism could not explain the flat layers of the earth
B) it allowed geologists to correlate sedimentary rock units over large distances
C) it provided an explanation how rocks behave in a depositional setting
D) it provided a way to recognize if rocks had been deformed
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