Carbon-14 is used predominantly but I believe that iridium is used past 400000 years.
Formations that occur in caves include stalactites (hanging formations), stalagmites (rising formations), flowstones (sheet-like deposits), columns (stalactites and stalagmites joining), and helictites (twisted, branching formations). These formations are created by the slow deposition of minerals from dripping water over thousands of years.
Darwin found fossils that were similar but not the same as living species.Living species might have some relationship to the fossil form. In order for such changes to occur, Darwin figured that earth must be much older than 6000 years.
Sedimentary rocks make up most of the formations of rocks found at the garden of the gods. Formations of deep red, pinks, and white sandstone, conglomerate, and limestone give garden of the gods it's magical appearance.
Banded iron formations indicate that there were oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor episodes during Earth's early atmosphere. Banded iron formations first appear in the Archean, 3 billion years ago. Unbanded iron deposits (red beds) from the Proterozoic, 1.8 billion years ago, indicate that the atmosphere became oxygen rich and that oxygen-poor episodes were no longer prevalent.
Rocks in continental crust can be as old as 4 billion years. This is because continental crust is much older than oceanic crust due to its formation through various geological processes over long periods of time. The oldest rocks found on Earth are typically located in the continental crust.
The half-life of the radioisotope Na-22 is 2.6 years.
It is 432 years.
It is 7,380 years.
It is 14.6 years.
It is 300,000 years.
It is 5.27 years.
It is 18.11 years.
It is 2.37 million years.
The half-life of the radioisotope Fe55 is approximately 2.7 years. This means that after 2.7 years, half of the original amount of Fe55 will have decayed into other elements.
The half-life of the radioisotope tritium (H-3) is about 12.32 years. This means that it takes approximately 12.32 years for half of a sample of tritium to decay into helium-3.
The isomer Ag-108m has a half life of 418(21) years.
5.704 years (rounded)