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relative dating technique

relative dating technique

During a magnetic reversal, the position of magnetic north shifts to the southern hemisphere of the planet. These fossils can then be used to compare the ages of different geological units. Strongly tilted rocks did not start that way. These methods usually analyze physicochemical transformation phenomena whose rate are known or can be estimated relatively well. Hirst, K. As time passes, unstable U decays to Th; this process has a half-life of , years. Humans: the running ape Our big hungry brain!

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