please help me with this science q...?

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please help me with this science q...?

recognize the use of fossils and radioactive dating in telling the relative age of rock layers

2007-03-04 10:49:55 · 2 answers · asked by Jacob R 1 in Environment

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Uranium-lead dating is the standard for any samples with ages ranging from 1 million years to as far back as 4.5 billion years. see the link below, but i leave it to you to learn and be able to tell what its use is...

2007-03-04 13:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Beach_Bum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Hi Usually it's the other way around. Rock layers contain fossils which are dated by how far down in the layer they are. Using Carbon-14 as a gauge will not get you back to fossil ages.

2007-03-04 18:54:19 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋