Which is older a dike or the rock layers the dike cuts across?

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2026-05-10 06:15

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Dikes are always younger than the surrounding rock layers. The same holds true for any kind of intrusion. It will always be younger than anything that it is intruding into. To put it simply, you can't force an object into a bed of rock unless the bed of rock is already there.

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