Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This classified as a mold because it has it's original shape and surface of the fossil.






This is classified as its original remains because the ice kept it's tissue from decaying. 

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Principle of Superposition & Principle of Cross Cutting Relationships

4 5 2 6 1 3

I think that 4 is the oldest because it's the layer closest to the bottom. 5 is the next closest to the bottom. 2 is an intrusion but the way 6 is layered on top of 2 tells me that 2 is third oldest, and 6 is fourth oldest. 1 is layered on top of 6 so it's the fifth oldest. 3 is an intrusion that goes all the way to the top, I know that intrusions are younger that the layers of rock they cut through and it cuts through each layer. Therefore, number 3 is the youngest