10-youngest 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1- oldest [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose] [Choose ] [Choose ] + ✓ [Choose ] Water flows across the exposed gneiss, cutting into the surface and depositing layers of sand and gravel atop it. The sedimentary rock layer, gneiss, and unconformity between them, remain buried for approximately 519 million years. You virtually explored Blacktail Canyon The block of crust containing the gneiss is uplifted & the overlying rocks are eroded away, exposing the gneiss at the surfa The protolith (original unmetamorphosed source rock) for the gneiss is formed. Sand and gravel layers are deeply buried under essive layers of younger sediments; lithified, into new sedimentary roc The protolith of the gneiss is metamorphosed and subjected to intense pressure & heat for millions of years deep in the cr A long interval of geologic time passes (1.3 billion years), throughout which gneiss likely remained deeply buried in the cru The Colorado River and its tributaries carve the modern Grand Canyon system into the uplifted Colorado Plateau. The Colorado Plateau (including the Grand Canyon region) is uplifted by plate-tectonic processes. [Choose ] + + + ♦
10-youngest 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1- oldest [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose] [Choose ] [Choose ] + ✓ [Choose ] Water flows across the exposed gneiss, cutting into the surface and depositing layers of sand and gravel atop it. The sedimentary rock layer, gneiss, and unconformity between them, remain buried for approximately 519 million years. You virtually explored Blacktail Canyon The block of crust containing the gneiss is uplifted & the overlying rocks are eroded away, exposing the gneiss at the surfa The protolith (original unmetamorphosed source rock) for the gneiss is formed. Sand and gravel layers are deeply buried under essive layers of younger sediments; lithified, into new sedimentary roc The protolith of the gneiss is metamorphosed and subjected to intense pressure & heat for millions of years deep in the cr A long interval of geologic time passes (1.3 billion years), throughout which gneiss likely remained deeply buried in the cru The Colorado River and its tributaries carve the modern Grand Canyon system into the uplifted Colorado Plateau. The Colorado Plateau (including the Grand Canyon region) is uplifted by plate-tectonic processes. [Choose ] + + + ♦
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Put the following events in order from oldest to youngest in the events that created the exposure at Blacktail Canyon.
![10- youngest
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1- oldest
[Choose ]
[Choose ]
[Choose ]
✓ [Choose ]
Water flows across the exposed gneiss, cutting into the surface and depositing layers of sand and gravel atop it.
The sedimentary rock layer, gneiss, and unconformity between them, remain buried for approximately 519 million years.
You virtually explored Blacktail Canyon
The block of crust containing the gneiss is uplifted & the overlying rocks are eroded away, exposing the gneiss at the surface
The protolith (original unmetamorphosed source rock) for the gneiss is formed.
[Choose ]
+
Sand and gravel layers are deeply buried under successive layers of younger sediments; lithified, into new sedimentary rock.
The protolith of the gneiss is metamorphosed and subjected to intense pressure & heat for millions of years deep in the crust
A long interval of geologic time passes (1.3 billion years), throughout which gneiss likely remained deeply buried in the crust.
The Colorado River and its tributaries carve the modern Grand Canyon system into the uplifted Colorado Plateau.
The Colorado Plateau (including the Grand Canyon region) is uplifted by plate-tectonic processes.
[Choose ]
+
[Choose ]
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Transcribed Image Text:10- youngest
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1- oldest
[Choose ]
[Choose ]
[Choose ]
✓ [Choose ]
Water flows across the exposed gneiss, cutting into the surface and depositing layers of sand and gravel atop it.
The sedimentary rock layer, gneiss, and unconformity between them, remain buried for approximately 519 million years.
You virtually explored Blacktail Canyon
The block of crust containing the gneiss is uplifted & the overlying rocks are eroded away, exposing the gneiss at the surface
The protolith (original unmetamorphosed source rock) for the gneiss is formed.
[Choose ]
+
Sand and gravel layers are deeply buried under successive layers of younger sediments; lithified, into new sedimentary rock.
The protolith of the gneiss is metamorphosed and subjected to intense pressure & heat for millions of years deep in the crust
A long interval of geologic time passes (1.3 billion years), throughout which gneiss likely remained deeply buried in the crust.
The Colorado River and its tributaries carve the modern Grand Canyon system into the uplifted Colorado Plateau.
The Colorado Plateau (including the Grand Canyon region) is uplifted by plate-tectonic processes.
[Choose ]
+
[Choose ]
→
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