powerpoint presentation dating rocks

Dating Rocks And Fossils

Dating rock is a process that can help us to identify

age of….

ROCKS

FOSSILS

AND ORGANICMATERIAL

Do to Half-life process we can

determine age of rocks

Radiometric Dating is the

process by which we identify rocks

The most common examples of Radiometric Dating are…

RADIOCARBON DATING

POTASSIUM ARGON DATING

AND URANIUM LEAD DATING

The moon also have different type

of rocks

ANORTHOSITE

NORITES

AND TROCTOLITES

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The rocks of the moon are

composed by three suits

THE FERROAN ANORTHOSITE

SUITE

THE MAGNESIAN

SUITE

THE ALKALI SUITE

To identify the age of the Ferroan

Anorthosite suite they use

Radiometric dating

Scientist who study dating rocks

have very hard times on doing it

because...

Its very difficult to calculate the age of rocks, fossils

and organic material

There are several different methods to identify age of

rocks

For Example...

Examining the layer its found in

But even though we have different

methods...

The best way to identify the age of

rocks is…..

RADIOMETRIC DATING

Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorthosite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troctolite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_material

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating