The principle of Uniformitarianism states that:

A) older rocks are always found on the bottom of rock strata unless overturning has occurred

B) younger sedimentary rocks are always formed by precipitation from seawater

C) geologic changes that occurred in the past are still occurring in similar ways today

D) geologic changes occur only from sudden dramatic events such as large earthquakes

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Zaid Campos

Geography

7 September, 02:53

The principle of Uniformitarianism states that:

A) older rocks are always found on the bottom of rock strata unless overturning has occurred

B) younger sedimentary rocks are always formed by precipitation from seawater

C) geologic changes that occurred in the past are still occurring in similar ways today

D) geologic changes occur only from sudden dramatic events such as large earthquakes

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Joyce Warner · Answer 1

C) geologic changes that occurred in the past are still occurring in similar ways today

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Uniformitarianism, in geology, the doctrine suggesting that Earth's geologic processes acted in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity in the past as they do in the present and that such uniformity is sufficient to account for all geologic change.