The photo below shows the contact between a limestone and a granite. Select all of the statements below that apply to this outcrop.
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The photo below shows the contact between a limestone and a granite.  Select all of the statements below that apply to this outcrop.

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Because there are inclusions of granite in the limestone, the granite must cross-cut the limestone and, hence, be younger

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The contact between the limestone and the granite is an angular unconformity

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The contact between the limestone and the granite is a paraconformity

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The contact between the limestone and the granite is a non-conformity

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Because there are inclusions of granite in the limestone, the granite must be older

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