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Biostratigraphy: Using Fossils for Dating and Correlation

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What is the primary principle underlying biostratigraphy?

  1. Fossils evolve over time, and their presence or absence can be used to determine the relative age of rocks.
  2. Fossils are randomly distributed throughout the rock record, and their presence or absence cannot be used for dating.
  3. Fossils are only found in certain types of rocks, and their presence or absence cannot be used for dating.
  4. Fossils are not useful for dating rocks because they are too rare.
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