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What is the primary technique for determining the absolute age of a rock?
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∙ 11y ago
well its do to the sediment in a rock by it layering
Laurence Aufderhar
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∙ 15y agoRadioisotopes are the best method for determining absolute age, except when dates are chiseled in manufactured rock by reliable sources for which there is a well established provenance.
The absolute dates given by radioisotope dating generally agree quite well with the relative dates established through stratigraphy--as expected.
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∙ 14y agoAllows scientist to determine the actual age of fossils.
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∙ 12y agoradiometric dating
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What is seismic profilling useful for?
determining the structure of sediments and basement rock
The absolute age of a rock is the approximate number of years ago that the rock formed. The absolute age of an igneous rock can best be determined by?
It is best determined by radiometric dating techniques which measure the decay of radioactive elements.
What would you use to do absolute dating of a rock layer?
There are several ways to do absolute dating of a rock layer. One of these is to use the radioactive decay of the isotopes that are naturally found in rocks.
What is a kind of age of rock that is given in years?
Absolute Age
What provides the numerical age of rock strata?
Absolute dating
A half - life of an element is important for determining the what of a rock?
absolute age
What property of radioactive elements make them useful for determining absolute age?
Igneous rock. If you are in FIS you know me. O.K.
What property of radioactive elements make useful for determining absolute age?
Igneous rock. If you are in FIS you know me. O.K.
The half- life of an element is important for determining the of a rock a decomposition rate b relative age c absolute age d mineral makeup?
Absolute Age
What is the purpose of absolute dating?
Absolute geologic age is determined through radiometric dating, and is the most precise method for determining the age of a rock or fossil within a small range. Relative geologic age is determined by the index fossils that may be contained within the rock that indicate a much broader range of possible ages based on the time the organism existed on Earth.
When was Absolute Classic Rock created?
Absolute Classic Rock was created in 2000.
The half-life of an element is used in determining what characteristic of a particular rock?
The absolute age of a rock is determined by the amount of decay of certain elements as interpreted from their known half-life. The absolute age is stated in a number of years with a margin of error, as opposed to the relative age, which is more of a range of years in which the rock could have formed, based on index fossil evidence and the law of superposition.
The half-life of an element is important for determining what characteristic of a rock A decomposition rate B absolute age C relative age D mineral makeup?
The half-life can be used to determine the absolute age because the original amount of the elements can be calculated from the current value.
What is absolute age?
Absolute age is the age of a rock as determined by the measurement of radioactive decay from the time of the rock's formation.
What is the difference between the relative age and absolute age of rocks?
Relative age is the age of a rock relative to the rock layers around it, absolute age is a rock's exact age.
Which is most important in determining how a rock was formed?
composition and texture
Dating technique involving compraring fossils in rock layers?
Relative dating-comparing fossils related to how old other fossils are in the same sample of rock. If the rock has been undisturbed, the oldest rock will be at the bottom, therefore, the oldest fossils will also be at the bottom. the youngest rock will be at the top, therefore, the youngest fossils will be at the top. Absolute Dating-When you can figure out through testing the exact age of the fossil
