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  • 09-11-2016
  • Geography
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Which isotope is appropriate for dating rocks that are billions of years old?

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Edufirst
Edufirst Edufirst
  • 15-11-2016
Uranium-238.

Uranium - 238' s half lif time is 4.5 billion years. This isotope decays until the stable isotope  Lead - 206.

It has been used to date the oldest rocks of the earth with a resulting age of approximately 4.0 billion years old.


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milkdudgirl145
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  • 19-11-2020

Answer:

The answer would be uranium-238. I know it’s right cause I got a 100%.

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