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13.
The age of most ancient geological formations is estimated by
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Arpit said:
8 years ago
Yes, I think it is C14 is the right answer.
Suyash More said:
8 years ago
U-Pb is the absolutely correct answer. It can tell the age of things formed about 1 million to 4.5 billion years ago.
Rudaba sheikh said:
8 years ago
What is uranium-lead method?
Rudaba sheikh said:
8 years ago
What about uranium-lead dating & potassium-argon & radium-silicon dating?
Arun said:
8 years ago
According to me c14 is correct.
Snehansh sinha said:
8 years ago
Yes, the answer should be C14. I agree.
D Basava said:
9 years ago
According to me, the answer is c14.
Mir said:
1 decade ago
The method most suitable for calculating oldest geological formations are U-Pb and Rb-Sr method not C14 as it is used for dating the recent events because of its small half life.
Sandeep said:
1 decade ago
The method which is used for calculating oldest fossils is Uranium lead method. Not carbon-14 dating because it has a limitation of calculating only up to 58000 years old fossils.
Shweta said:
1 decade ago
This is wrong. C14 meathos is used for the recent rocks of geological scale.
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