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To: stormer
Rubidium strontium half life is almost 50 billion years - the method has a very high margin of error when measuring young rock.

Ok, so if a billion years is too young to be distinguished from essentially zero years, I am at a loss to know when Rubidium strontium dating is useful.

102 posted on 03/19/2013 11:20:22 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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The problem is in the very short term. For example, the 1000 year old lava flows in Arizona.


105 posted on 03/19/2013 11:46:31 AM PDT by stormer
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