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Time, Cratons, and Voyageurs NP

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Aren’t all bedding planes(surfaces between layers)actually disconformities,then?Arguably yes, but it is moreuseful to restrict the term tothose instances where it canbe demonstrated that anunusually long interval oftime is “missing” at thatpoint.Before the advent ofradiometric dating, this wasexclusively done usingfossils <strong>and</strong> the Principle ofFaunal Succession.But first, an example....

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