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TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
Begun in 4004 BC?
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
begun in 4004 BC?
begun at 8:00 this morning?
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
begun in 4004 BC?
begun at 8:00 this morning?
Early methods of dating
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
begun in 4004 BC?
begun at 8:00 this morning?
Early methods of dating
rate of sedimentary deposition
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
begun in 4004 BC?
begun at 8:00 this morning?
Early methods of dating
rate of sedimentary deposition
salt in ocean
TIME : TIME How old is Earth?
begun in 4004 BC?
begun at 8:00 this morning?
Early methods of dating
rate of sedimentary deposition
salt in ocean
temperature of Earth
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
radioactive isotopes - proton/neutron ratio
decay to more stable elements
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
radioactive isotopes - proton/neutron ratio
decay to more stable elements
decay is CONSTANT, not changed by temperature or pressure or chemical reaction
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
radioactive isotopes - proton/neutron ratio
decay to more stable elements
decay is CONSTANT, not changed by temperature or pressure or chemical reaction
time elapsed is based upon
ratio of undecayed atoms to daughter atoms
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
EXAMPLE A-->B half life of 10 my
A B Time
100% 0% t=0
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
EXAMPLE A-->B half life of 10 my
A B Time
100% 0% t=0
50% 50% t =10my
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
EXAMPLE A-->B half life of 10 my
A B Time
100% 0% t=0
50% 50% t=10my
25% 75% t=20my
TIME : TIME RADIOMETRIC DATING
EXAMPLE A-->B half life of 10 my
A B Time
100% 0% t=0
50% 50% t=10my
25% 75% t=20my
12.5% 87.5% t=30my
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
Carbon 14
constant level of C14 in living things
when die, no longer accumulate
half life of about 5700 years
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
potassium very common in rocks
half life of about 1.3 billion years
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
potassium very common in rocks
half life of about 1.3 billion years
argon is a gas and may escape above 125 C
potassium argon ages are MINIMUM dates
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
Rubidium-Strontium 87Rb-->87Sr
half life of 48 billion years
isochron the most common method
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
Rubidium-Strontium 87Rb-->87Sr
half life of 48 billion years
isochron the most common method
several samples from rock body to be dated
Rb-->Sr increasing the angle of the isochron
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
Rubidium-Strontium 87Rb-->87Sr
Uranium-Lead 238U-->206Pb
235U-->207Pb
TIME : TIME Types of radiometric dating
14C
Potassium-Argon 40K-->40Ar
Rubidium-Strontium 87Rb-->87Sr
Uranium-Lead 238U-->206Pb
235U-->207Pb
238 half life of about 4.5 billion years
235 half life of about 700 million years
TIME : TIME Nuclear fission tracks
count tracks
bombard to cause nuclear decay
recount tracks
good for dating objects less than 1my
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