Relative Dating Methods and Geological Events: Cenozoic, Chicxulub, and More
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Relative Dating Methods
- The erosion of the strata is greater in the continents where the relief is exposed to the weather and its agents of erosion such as running water, glaciers, wind, waves, or tidal surges.
- The erosion process depends on the climate and is greater on rocks on land, above sea level.
- If you see sediments formed in a marine environment, and then you see an erosion surface, we can deduce that there has been a sea regression in between.
The Chicxulub Impact Crater
Geological Events during the Cenozoic
- Mid-tertiary period: Continents collide causing the Alpine orogeny, at which