Dating Methods in Geology
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Dating Methods in Geology

Examine absolute dating techniques, focusing on radiometric dating using isotopes like Potassium-Argon and Rubidium-Strontium. Calculate the ages of rocks using half-life principles.

National Curriculum Attainment TargetsEduqas Geology AS/A-level: 3.3a Radiometric datingEduqas Geology AS/A-level: 3.3b Isotopic systems

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Examine absolute dating techniques, focusing on radiometric dating using isotopes like Potassium-Argon and Rubidium-Strontium. Calculate the ages of rocks using half-life principles.

Key Questions

  1. How does radioactive decay provide a geological clock?
  2. What is a half-life and how is it calculated?
  3. Why are different isotopic systems used for different age ranges?

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