bonnie hunt and tom welling dating - Radiogenic dating of meteorites

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The dating equation used for K-Ar is: Carbon Dating Radiocarbon dating is different than the other methods of dating because it cannot be used to directly date rocks, but can only be used to date organic material produced by once living organisms.

Some background: We are able to determine the age of certain rocks and minerals using measurements of radioactive and radiogenic isotopes of certain elements. Simply put, the resulting date is the time that has passed from the crystallisation of that mineral.


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