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If you know how many stripes away from the mid-ocean ridge the rock is and you know how frequently the earth's poles flip you can use the stripes like rings on a tree to measure the age of that rock.
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Does radioactive dating tell the relative age of rocks?
No. Radioactive dating is an absolute dating tool.
Index fossils allow geologists to?
the first reason is to tell the age of the rocksecond is to compare itMatch rocks of the same age in diffrent regions
What was the theory that was shown to be correct by age evidence and magnetic clues?
Magnetic Reversal
Are radioactive isotopes used to determine the absolute age of rocks?
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What can you infer about the age of rocks as compared to humans?
relative age
What can the orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you?
The orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you it's relative age.
What did harry hess propose?
Harry Hess proposed an explanation that tied together data on the age of ocean rocks, sediment thickness, and magnetic striping.
The orientation of a rock’s magnetic field can tell you its?
The orientation of a rocks magnetic field can tell you it's relative age.
How was magnetic striping used to explain age of the seafloor?
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How do rocks record changes in earths magnetic field?
Rocks which are liquid (lava) have their magnetic particles aligned to the local magnetic field as they cool and solidify. The rocks can be dated by the radioactive decay processes. If there is a new layer of rock (lava) laid down over this same deposit and the magnetic filed has altered, the new rock will have a different imposted magnetic field and age than the older rock.
How can the magnetic field of the Earth be sued to estimate the age of rocks found in the Earth?
By knowing the precise orientation of the rocks magnetic field, you can compare its magnetic field direction to the known direction of the magnetic field over time since the "north pole" wanders over time. The rock locked in its magnetic field when it cooled from magma.
What evidence in rocks supports the theory of seas-flooring spreading?
1.) The age of the rocks- the oldest ones are found further away from the original mid-atlantic ridge. 2.) Magnetic clues. The rocks with iron in them have shown that the Earth's magnetic field has reversed itself several times. It is imprinted in the rock.
What does the age of the rocks tell us about your solar systems?
How the solar system made
What does the age of the lunar rocks tell us about our solar system?
They tell us the age of the moon, which indicates when the Solar System itself was being formed.
Does radioactive dating tell the relative age of rocks?
No. Radioactive dating is an absolute dating tool.
What causes Magnetic stripes on the seafloor are caused by?
These "stripes" formed the pattern known as magnetic striping. ... They hypothesized that the magnetic striping was produced from the generation of magma at mid-ocean ridges during alternating periods of normal and reversed magnetism by the magnetic reversals of the Earth's magnetic field.
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