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radioactive dating: see dating dating, the determination of the age of an object, of a natural phenomenon, or of a series of events. There are two basic types of dating methods, relative and absolute. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Radioactive dating of mineral crystals in that rock suggested that the collision occurred about 144 million years ago. Similarly, physicists and paleontologists were developing new insights into atomic theory that would yield better ways of dating bones and artifacts, such as the carbon-14 radioactive dating method. In an effort to end the debate, he and his colleagues used two radioactive dating techniques on small mineral grains called zircons that they harvested from the sandstone. |
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