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The law of original horizontality states that _____.

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states that layers of sediment were originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity.
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The law of the original horizontally state that the sediment layers are deposit originally in a horizontally way. It basically occur due to the gravity action.

This law is known as the relative technique and the original horizontally law is one of the most important principle for analyzing the titled and the folded strata. The titled and the folded layer mainly indicated the deformation of the crust.

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