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Learn how the radiometric rubidium-strontium dating technique is used to determine the age of rock particles
The process of rubidium-strontium dating, a radiometric dating technique used to...
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Morrison Formation
Layered strata in an outcropping of the Morrison Formation on the west side of Dinosaur...
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crustal generation and destruction
Three-dimensional diagram showing crustal generation and destruction according to...
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Steno's four laws of stratigraphy
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Grand Canyon rock layering
The steep walls of the Grand Canyon contain a number of layers of sedimentary rock...
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geologic time
The stratigraphic chart of geologic time.
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isochron diagram
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titanite discordia
Titanite discordia diagram showing the uranium-lead isotopic data for collection...
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