ConcepTest: Unconformity Explaination

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell , David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn
This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Question:

Which of the following sequence of events would best explain what happened between deposition of layers C and E illustrated in the diagram below?

Cross Section 2

a. Uplift only.
b. Uplift, erosion, then sea level rise.
c. Uplift and erosion only.
d. Uplift, erosion, then sea level fall.

Student Responses:

No data yet. The correct response is c.

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