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laurencescou

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A comparison of ages calculated by carbon-14 analysis with ages known by other means results in
 
  A) a match of the ages, within known uncertainties.
  B) the calculated ages being older.
  C) the known ages being older.
  D) some calculated ages being younger and some older.

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How is the absolute age of rock determined?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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vkodali

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Radioactive-dating methods provide absolute ages of minerals. Naturally occurring radioactive parent isotopes decay to stable daughter isotopes at known measured rates. Measurement of parent and daughter isotope abundances permits calculation of rock age. Absolute ages are determined for the geologic time scale by combining radioactive-dating and relative-dating methods. Fossils present in sedimentary rocks define the time-scale boundaries. Timescale boundary ages are estimated from absolute ages of nearby igneous rocks whose relative age relationships to fossiliferous sedimentary layers are known. The oldest rock measured thus far on Earth is 4.03 billion years old, and the oldest mineral is 4.4 billion years old. Even older rocks are found on the Moon and among meteorites that have landed on Earth. The current estimated of Earth's age is 4.50  0.06 billion years.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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