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Assuming the word is 'date'; their stratigraphy - their position in the sedimentary sequence, will indicate which are older. [Assuming the fossil bed has not been overturned by earth movements.]
Otherwise, various radiometric methods might be used to measure the age, but these are relatively more expensive.
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∙ 9y agoCarbon dating cannot be used on fossils because the fossilization process has replaced all the original carbon in the sample, leaving no carbon-14 to measure.
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What is radioisotope carbon dating?
Carbon 14 is the isotope that is used for carbon dating.
Which of the following terms describe the process that is used to determine the age of an object by measuring the amount of a certain radioisotope remaining in that object?
The general term is "radiometric dating. If the isotope is carbon, then it is "carbon dating"
If carbon dating is inaccurate on marine animals how can you trust it for the marine animals in strata such as the Cambrian rock?
Perhaps you can't, but carbon dating is not used on mineralized fossils. The igneous rock above and below the fossil strata is radiometricly dated, Carbon dating is only good on material containing carbon; material less than 40,000 years old.
How does carbon dating or radioactive dating work and why is it used?
Everything has carbon in it. When the organism dies, it begins to disintegrate. We know the rate at which things disintegrate at, so we can determine how much carbon is left and then apply a scientific formula and figure out how old the organism is. Radioactive dating works much the same.
Carbon dating can be used to measure the age of each the following except?
Carbon dating can be used to measure the age of organic materials.
Can radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of pottery?
No. radio carbon dating is only efficient for the fossils of plants or animals. As pottery is an abiotic substance its age cannot be determined by carbon dating
What radioactive carbon isotope is used in dating fossils?
Carbon-14.
Can radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of dinosaur fossils?
No, radiocarbon dating cannot be used to determine the age of dinosaur fossils because the half-life of carbon-14 is too short for dating objects that are millions of years old. Instead, other dating methods like uranium-lead dating or potassium-argon dating are used for dating dinosaur fossils.
What is used to determine the age of fossils?
Carbondating is the method often used to date fossils, and that involves both the elements Carbon-12 and Carbon-14.
How many neutrons does carbon has when the radioactive nuclide used in dating fossils?
9
Which isotope is used to date ancient such as fossils?
The isotope of carbon is used to date the ancient fossils. Since every living creature had organic matter and carbon is an integral part of that organic matter, it is conventional to use carbon isotope.
What are the fallacies of fossil dating?
One of the biggest fallacies of fossil dating is that they use the rock layer to help determine the age of the fossils, but the fossils are also used to help determine the age of the rock layer.
What is the function of radioisotopes C-14?
Used in carbon dating that is to find the age of fossils.
What are two ways geologists determine the age of fossils?
The two methods are "RELATIVE DATING" and "ABSOLUTE DATING". :)
How fossils can be used to determine the absolute and relative age of a sedimentary rock layer?
Perhaps by carbon dating and by comparing with the evolution and dominance of various organisms in the geological time scale.
Why is radio carbon dating used for frozen fossils?
Yes you can. You can still research the carbon even though the fossil is frozen.
What are the early method used to determine the age of the earth?
carbon dating
