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Relative dating is actually the preferred method in paleontology and is considerably accurate
Original Horizontality
Inclusion
Superpositions
Cross cutting
Relative dating only gives you the order of strata not the actual date. We can only know which one is younger and older but not by how much
Definition
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 (layers of rock are called strata). Relative dating does not provide actual numerical dates for the rocks. Oldest at the bottom.
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Relative dating is used to arrange geological events. This is done by a method called stratigraphy. Sedimentary rocks are usually laid in order from oldest at the bottom to youngest at the top, this is referred to the principle of superposition.
Rock layers are deposited horizontally
Top layers are younger
Intrusions are younger
Inclusions are older
Relative Dating and Index Fossils
Relative Dating is used to arrange the fossils in geological events using the method of stratigraphy.
Relative Dating and Index Fossils
The principle of faunal succession makes it possible to determine the relative age of unknown fossils and correlate fossil sites across large discontinuous areas.
Index fossils are used to define geological periods. These fossils can be defined as "commonly found, widely distributed fossils that are limited in time span." If one finds an index fossil in a given layer, then one has bounds on the age of the layer. Using index fossils, the geological periods are defined
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1. Lived for short time period
2. Abundant, common fossil
3. Widely found in many areas
4. Easy to identify
Relative Dating and Absolute Dating
Absolute dating is based on calculations of the age of rock strata based on half lives of minerals, relative dating is based on the assumed age of fossils found in the strata and the laws of super imposition
Relative Dating and Absolute Dating
STRATA
Relative dating finds the order of the strata and then absolute dating finds the exact age
Between all three dating methods
INDEX
All three dating methods make it easy to date. Relative dating helps you find the order, absolute dating then helps you find the exact age of the strata and the exact age of index fossils. Index fossils are also the basis for defining boundaries in the geologic time scale and for the correlation of strata
Definition
Index fossil, any animal or plant preserved in the rock record of the Earth that is characteristic of a particular span of geologic time or environment. ... Index fossils are the basis for defining boundaries in the geologic time scale and for the correlation of strata.
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HALF-LIFE
RADIOACTIVE
Absolute Dating and Index Fossils
Index fossils can be used as guides to the age of the rocks in which they are preserved.
Absolute dating has another important weakness in the type of material that can be dated. For any material to be datable, it is important to note that the material must be radioactive material. ... Moreover, for a better result, one is obliged to have lots of the radioactive materials for them obtain more data.
Index fossils are the basis for defining boundaries in the geologic time scale and for the correlation of strata.
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Absolute Dating and Index Fossils
Absolute dating is used to determine a precise age of a rock or fossil through radiometric dating methods.
Index fossils of plant origin are very rare
Absolute dating provides a numerical age or range in contrast with relative dating which places events in order without any measure of the age between events.
Absolute dating methods determine how much time has passed since rocks formed by measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes or the effects of radiation on the crystal structure of minerals. Paleomagnetism measures the ancient orientation of the Earth's magnetic field to help determine the age of rocks.
NUMERICAL DATING
RADIOACTIVE DECAY
Paleomagnetism
RADIOMETRIC
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