• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Anyone know why it’s “backwards”?, idk what the convention is for geology but I’m use to timelines going from left/oldest to right/newest

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      Law of superposition. The timescale is in the order that you would find it digging down through ancient rock strata: youngest on top, older as you go down.