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What is the measuring of the ratio of unstable and stable atoms in a rock sample to determine the age of the fossil it contains?
Radiometric dating.
Why are igneous rocks the best type of of rock sample for radiometric dating?
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The radiometric dating of an igneous rock provides .?
the date for which the rock formed
When is the radiometric clock set in the lifetime of a rock?
The radiometric clock is set when the rock is formed. Because this is when it sets, radiometric dating is used by geologist to find out when the rock was formed.
What can radiometric dating tell us about the age of rock that law of superposition cannot?
Radiometric dating can give us the absolute age of the rock. Trace fossils and the Law of Superposition can only provide the relative age of the rock. Radiometric dating is far more specific in formation analysis.
How do you tell how old a fossil is by the rock layer?
by relative dating or radiometric dating
Why is igneous rock best for radiometric dating?
What method, and what materials, are best for dating depends on what exactly you are after.
Radiometric dating is not useful to directly determine the age of rock.?
sedimentary
Method of dating rock when the amount of parent and daughter materials are measured?
radiometric
Which dating technique would be best for a volcanic rock containing uranium?
Radiometric dating based on the decay of the uranium.
Which dating method enables scientists to measure or estimate the absolute age of sedimentary rock?
Radiometric dating of igneous rocks that relate to the sedimentary rock
How is the absolute age of a rock determined?
If igneous or metamorphic ( though metamorphic rock is hard to do ) radiometric dating can be used. The radioactive substance that may be in igneous rock devolves into a daughter substance and the rate of this change, coupled with other parent/daughter changes, give one a very precise age on the rock being examined.Google radiometric dating.
