Which kind of dating can be used to determine the exact age of the rock and which kind of carbon dating is used to compare the ages of rocks?

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Talia Mcintosh

19 March, 01:32

Which kind of dating can be used to determine the exact age of the rock and which kind of carbon dating is used to compare the ages of rocks?

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Kasen Adkins · Answer 1

Answer: Absolute dating can be used to determine the exact age of the rock, and relative dating is used to compare the ages of rocks.

The determination of the exact age of the rock is done by using the properties of atoms. Radioactive atoms decay with specific half-life times, so the half-life of the radioactive atoms along with the measurement of the amounts of materials in the parent and the daughter rocks permits to determine the age of the rock.