Potassium Argon Dating

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Absolute Dating, also referred to as Chronometric Dating and Radiometric Dating, is far more accurate. It uses the Carbon content of the fossil to help determine the range of the dates that the fossil was created. Where precision is concerned, the latter of the two would be the preferred choice, obviously...
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When an organism dies it no longer uses this carbon, leaving an unstable isotope of Carbon which decays into Nitrogen at a pace called a "half-life". This term "half-life" is defined as: the time it takes for one-half of the atoms of a radioactive material to disintegrate. Half-lives for various isotopes can range from a few microseconds to billions of years, but the half-life for carbon (carbon 14, the form of carbon found in organisms) is five-thousand seven-hundred thirty years...
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