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Why are igneous rocks the best type of rock sample for radiomertic dating?
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Because when they form, minerals in igneous rocks often contain only a parent isotope and none of the daughter isotope. This makes the isotope percentage more accurate and easier to interpret.
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Why are igneous rocks the best type of of rock sample for radiometric dating?
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Would you use uranium- lead radiometric dating to find an igneous rocks age?
would you use uranium-lead radiometric dating to finnd an igneous rocks age
Which type of rocks are best for numerical dating using radiometric technique?
Igneous rocks
What rocks is numeric dating good for?
igneous, granite etc
Why are igneous rocks valuable to dating the earth?
they are used for radio carbon dating....and carbon 14
When molten rocks cools what rocks form?
igneous rocks
Could radioactive dating only be used for igneous rocks?
Radioactive dating is only useful in dating igneous and metamorphic rock. Organic material that has not fossilized and does not exceed 70,000 years of age can be dated by Carbon dating techniques. Sedimentary rock can only be dated by its association with igneous and metamorphic rock.
Why not use igneous rocks with relative dating?
Igneous rock is formed by lava. A fossil can't be contained in lava because it would be destroyed. So, no fossil is near lava so igneous rock can't be used for relative dating.
What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?
Rhyolititcen rocks.
Are igneous rocks made up of igneous rocks?
Sedimentary rock can be made up partially of igneous clasts, but igneous rock is igneous rock.
What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.
Where are the two types of igneous rocks made?
Extrusive igneous rocks , Intrusive igneous rocks
