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Dating methods

Dating methods . Types of methods . Superposition Relative dating Absolute dating Carbon 14 Potassium-argon or Rubidium-strontium. Absolute dating . What can we date. Any thing that is composed of organic material. How we date fossils in Florida .

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Dating methods

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  1. Dating methods

  2. Types of methods • Superposition • Relative dating • Absolute dating • Carbon 14 • Potassium-argon or Rubidium-strontium

  3. Absolute dating

  4. What can we date • Any thing that is composed of organic material

  5. How we date fossils in Florida • Biostratigraphy is the process of dating rocks by using the fossils contained within them, by using microfossils and macrofossils. • Correlation- is demonstrating that a particular horizon in one geological section represents the same period in another horizon

  6. Problems with dating in Florida

  7. Resources http://www.epgeology.com/geology http://paleo.cc/kpaleo/fossdate.htm

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