Multiple Choice
Steno's _____________ states that sediment layers are continuous,ending only by butting up against a topographic high,such as a hill or a cliff,by pinching out due to lack of sediment,or by gradational change from one sediment type to another.
A) law of original continuity
B) law of superposition
C) law of original horizontality
D) law of cosines
E) law of retrogression
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