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Contents of 7.9 How do you reconstruct geologic history with rocks?

• Both relative and absolute dating methods, which reveal the order and age of events, allow geologists to determine the geologic history of an area.
• Combined with knowledge of rock-forming processes and the origins of other geologic features, relative and absolute dating methods permit narrative descriptions of geologic history.

7.9 How do you reconstruct geologic history with rocks?