When earth's force slants rock layers it is called?

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Tilting - Processes such as tilting, folding, faulting, and intrusions of igneousrocks can distort the original strata. Tilted geologic layers were originally horizontal. Sediments will fill in uneven geologic layers. Geologists observe the tilted layer and try to visually reposition it horizontally.

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