When tilted or folded sedimentary layers are covered by younger,horizontal rock layers it is called
A)an intrusion.
B)an angular unconformity.
C)a syncline.
D)conformable.

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When tilted or folded sedimentary layers are covered by younger, horizontal rock layers, it creates an angular unconformity. This occurs when erosion removes portions of the tilted/folded layers before the deposition of the younger rock layers. The resulting boundary between the two types of layers creates an angle or "unconformity."

When Tilted or Folded Sedimentary Layers Are Covered by Younger,horizontal