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  2. Radiometric dating - Wikipedia

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    The basic equation of radiometric dating requires that neither the parent nuclide nor the daughter product can enter or leave the material after its formation. The possible confounding effects of contamination of parent and daughter isotopes have to be considered, as do the effects of any loss or gain of such isotopes since the sample was created.

  3. Isochron dating - Wikipedia

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    Isochron dating is a common technique of radiometric dating and is applied to date certain events, such as crystallization, metamorphism, shock events, and differentiation of precursor melts, in the history of rocks. Isochron dating can be further separated into mineral isochron dating and whole rock isochron dating; both techniques are applied ...

  4. Rubidium–strontium dating - Wikipedia

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    The rubidium–strontium dating method (Rb–Sr) is a radiometric dating technique, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from their content of specific isotopes of rubidium (87 Rb) and strontium (87 Sr, 86 Sr). One of the two naturally occurring isotopes of rubidium, 87 Rb, decays to 87 Sr with a half-life of 49.23 ...

  5. Thermochronology - Wikipedia

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    Radiometric dating is how geologist determine the age of a rock. In a closed system , the amount of radiogenic isotopes present in a sample is a direct function of time and the decay rate of the mineral. [ 2 ]

  6. Closure temperature - Wikipedia

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    In radiometric dating, closure temperature or blocking temperature refers to the temperature of a system, such as a mineral, at the time given by its radiometric date.In physical terms, the closure temperature is the temperature at which a system has cooled so that there is no longer any significant diffusion of the parent or daughter isotopes out of the system and into the external ...

  7. Geochronology - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] Two or more radiometric methods can be used in concert to achieve more robust results. [5] Most radiometric methods are suitable for geological time only, but some such as the radiocarbon method and the 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating method can be extended into the time of early human life [6] and into recorded history. [7]

  8. Category:Radiometric dating - Wikipedia

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  9. Argon–argon dating - Wikipedia

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    Argon–argon (or 40 Ar/ 39 Ar) dating is a radiometric dating method invented to supersede potassium–argon (K/Ar) dating in accuracy. The older method required splitting samples into two for separate potassium and argon measurements, while the newer method requires only one rock fragment or mineral grain and uses a single measurement of argon isotopes.