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The idea that the oldest rocks will always be the bottom layer of a series of
rock layers is called the principle of

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Law of superposition, a major principle of stratigraphy stating that within a sequence of layers of sedimentary rock, the oldest layer is at the base and that the layers are progressively younger with ascending order in the sequence.

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superposition

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