Scientists have a variety of methods to use when they try to date a rock or a rock layer. Scientists choose the method that best suits...
Relative dating is used to arrange geological events, and the rocks they leave behind, in a sequence. The method of reading the order is called stratigraphy...
Geologists often need to know the age of material that they find. They use absolute dating methods, sometimes called numerical dating, to give rocks an actual...
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