Principle of original horizontality

（重定向自Original Horizontality）

A stratigraphic section of Ordovician rock exposed in central Tennessee, USA. The sediments composing these rocks were formed in an ocean and deposited in horizontal layers.

The Permian through Jurassic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau area of southeastern Utah is a great example of Original Horizontality. These strata make up much of the famous prominent rock formations in widely spaced protected areas such as Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park. From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone. Picture from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

The Principle of Original Horizontality states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity . It is a relative dating technique. The principle is important to the analysis of folded and tilted strata. It was first proposed by the Danish geological pioneer Nicholas Steno (1638–1686).

单词	Original Horizontality
释义	Original Horizontality 英语例句库 Principle of original horizontality, principle of superposition, principle of lateral continuity, principle of crosscutting relationship and unconformity. 原始地层水平律、叠置律水平连续律、切割律、不整合。英语百科 Principle of original horizontality （重定向自Original Horizontality） The Principle of Original Horizontality states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity . It is a relative dating technique. The principle is important to the analysis of folded and tilted strata. It was first proposed by the Danish geological pioneer Nicholas Steno (1638–1686).
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