| Relation between actual time-dependent deformation and the time-dependent deformation to be expected if the law of superposition held. |
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| Scientists rely on the law of superposition to help them determine the ages of these fossils. |
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| The law of superposition permitted archaeologists to produce a chronology of cultural change at a particular site. |
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| The confidence on fossils to determine the relative age of strata was so strong that the necessity to confirm their relative age based on the law of superposition was thought unnecessary. |
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| One factor that can upset the law of superposition in major sediment packages in mountain belts is the presence of thrust faults. |
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| This is termed the law of superposition and is one of the great general principles of geology. |
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| The principle of superposition, now known as the scientific law of superposition, is an axiom that forms one of the bases of the sciences of geology, archaeology, and other fields dealing with stratigraphy. |
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