Absolute Ages of Rocks

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• What are some of the limits of radiometric dating techniques?
• What is dendrochronology?
• What is a parent isotope? What is a daughter isotope?
• What is electron capture and how is it related to absolute dating?
• How can half-life be calculated?
• How do you measure the decay of radioactive isotopes?
• How can radioactive decay be used to date rocks?
• What is radioactive decay?
• How does absolute age differ from relative age?
• What do scientists use to determine the absolute age of fossils and rocks.?