The principle of cross-cutting relationships states that
A) intrusive igneous rock is always younger than the rock it invades.
B) any structure, such as a fault, that cuts through a sequence of preexisting rocks must be younger than the host rocks.
C) fragments of one body of rock are found within another body of rock.
D) rock may be melted to form magma that later cools to form intrusive igneous rock.
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