Absolute dating
The process of assigning an absolute age.
Relative dating
The process of placing objects or events in their proper order in time.
Uniformitarianism
Based on Hutton’s ideas/ principles.
Principle of Superposition
States that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rock layers.
Unconformity
Gaps in the rock record during which either erosion occurred or deposition was absent.
Fossil
The remains or traces of organisms found in the geologic rock record.