Module 23

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Sea level

A. Sedimentation B. Folding

Erosion surface Sea level

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 E. Continued erosion F. Renewed deposition
by erosion
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How do you reconstruct the above phenomena?

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1. Sedimentation
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2. Urut-urutan Pengendapan di Laut

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
Hamlinville Fm

Tarburg Fm
Dike
10. Further sedimentation, uplifting, and fluvial erosion
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11. Fluvial deep erosion (present state)