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tension
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force that pulls crustal plates apart
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compression
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force that pushes crustal plates together
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shear
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force that pushes crustal plates so that they slide past each other
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folding
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force that pushes crustal plates together to crinkle up mountains
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faulting
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force that involves stress in the plates that causes crustal blocks to slide past each other, forming mountainous terrain
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law of superposition
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sediment layers are deposited in a time sequence: oldest on bottom, youngest on top
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Principle of original horizontality
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layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally
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principle of cross-cutting relationships
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a feature is younger than the feature it cuts across
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zoo-
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animal, life
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-ology
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study of
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