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It tells us the absolute age of something, It is used when scientists want to see how old a fossil is.
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How do you tell how old a fossil is by the rock layer?
by relative dating or radiometric dating
What does radiometric dating tell geologist about some rocks and minerals?
their ages
What are four types of radiometric dating?
The four types of radiometric dating are: Potassium, Uranium, Rubidium, and Carbon I hope thats the answer you were looking for:)
Radiometric dating is least useful for dating what type of rocks?
Sedimentary Rocks
According to radiometric dating estimates the earth is approximately years old?
According to radiometric dating the Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This age is based on dating of meteorite material.
What can radiometric dating tell us about the age of rock that law of superposition cannot?
Radiometric dating can give us the absolute age of the rock. Trace fossils and the Law of Superposition can only provide the relative age of the rock. Radiometric dating is far more specific in formation analysis.
How do you tell how old a fossil is by the rock layer?
by relative dating or radiometric dating
What does radiometric dating tell geologist about some rocks and minerals?
their ages
What type of dating involves half-lives and can tell in which geologic period a rock was formed?
This is called absolute, isotopic, or radiometric dating.
Is a geological dating method based on the decay rates of radioactive elements?
Radio metric dating.
What is the best method of radiometric dating?
Radiometric dating is the principal source of information about the absolute age of rocks and other geological features, including the age of the Earth itself, and can be used to date a wide range of natural and man-made materials.
What does radiometric dating tell us about the earth's crust?
Radiometric or Radio-active decay dating involves looking at certain radio-active isotopes in the rocks of the earth, such as potassium and argon. Certain Isotopes have a half life and decay into another isotope after a certain amount of years. Geochemists use these types of dating to determine the age of rocks and how long the crust has been forming and moving.
What are four types of radiometric dating?
The four types of radiometric dating are: Potassium, Uranium, Rubidium, and Carbon I hope thats the answer you were looking for:)
What evidence is given to tell how old the moon is?
Using standard radiometric dating of rocks returned from the Moon by the Apollo missions.
Radiometric dating is an example of .?
Carbon 14 dating is the best known example of radiometric dating, but there are many others. Another example of radiometric dating is the dating of the age of geological formations on earth. The oldest known rocks on the earth that have been analyzed, have been dated back some 4.404 billion years.
What are the four types of radiometric dating?
FaultIntrusionFoldingtilting
Is carbon 14 dating radiometric dating?
Carbon 14 dating is one tpye of radiometric dating. It is used for destermiing the age of samples of one-living entities. See related links for more information.
