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10 November, 15:09

Which isotope is appropriate for dating rocks that are billions of years old?

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  1. 10 November, 15:27
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    Uranium-238.

    Uranium - 238' s half lif time is 4.5 billion years. This isotope decays until the stable isotope Lead - 206.

    It has been used to date the oldest rocks of the earth with a resulting age of approximately 4.0 billion years old.
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