Module 22B

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Sea level

A. Sedimentation

B. Folding
Sea level

Erosion surface
New layers
of sediment
Angular
unconformity

C. Erosion

D. Renewed deposition
of sediment

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Metamorphosed
rock

Sea level

Pluton

A. Sedimentation

B. Deep burial

C. Intense deformation and

metamorphism of lower
rocks; intrusion of a pluton

Erosion surface Part eroded away

Sea level
Erosion
surface

Nonconformity

Plutonic Rocks

D. Uplift accompanied
by erosion

E. Continued erosion

F. Renewed deposition

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How do you reconstruct the above phenomena?

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1. Sedimentation

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2. Further sedimentation

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3. Intrusion

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4. Tilting and erosion

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5. Down lifting accompanied by renewed sedimentation

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6. Further sedimentation

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7. Intrusion (dike)

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8. Erosion

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9. Down lifting accompanied by renewed sediment

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Stream
Skinner Gulch
Limestone

Tarburg Fm

Hamlinville Fm

Dike

10. Further sedimentation, uplifting, and fluvial erosion

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11. Fluvial deep erosion (present state)