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igomit [66]
3 years ago
8

How is radioactive decay used to date sedimentary rocks?

Biology
2 answers:
Zigmanuir [339]3 years ago
8 0

The answer is; B

Different radioactive isotopes have different half-lives (which is the amount of time taken for half of the total isotopes in the material to decay). Therefore, to predict the age of a rock in radiometric dating, the initial amount of the isotopes is determined and then that of decayed ones is determined. The predictability of the half-lives of the elements is then used to determine the age of the rock/fossil.  


solniwko [45]3 years ago
4 0
<span>Hello to answer your question fully.

<span>B.The amounts of carbon-14 and nitrogen in sedimentary rocks are measured.</span>


Radioactive dating is a method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes. This method is useful for igneous and metamorphic rocks, which cannot be dated by the stratigraphic correlation method used for sedimentary rocks.

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