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any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years
(pg. 108) |
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the time required for half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to break down by radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope
(pg. 108) |
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the process in which a radioactive isotope tends to break down into a stable isotope of the same element or another element
(pg. 108) |
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a method of determing the absolute age of an object by comparing the relative percentages of a radioactive (parent) isotope and a stable (daugher) isotope.
(pg. 109) |
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