k-ar age dating
51Potassium-argon dating — or K Ar dating is a radiometric dating method used in geochronology and archeology. It is based on measuring the products of the radioactive decay of potassium (K), which is a common element found in materials such as micas, clay minerals, tephra …
52Fluorine absorption dating — is the use of fluorine to determine the duration of time an object found in the soil has been there. It is a relative dating technique, in comparison to absolute dating techniques like radiocarbon dating. Fluorine absorption dating can be carried …
53Samarium-neodymium dating — is useful for determining the age relationships of rocks and meteorites, based on decay of a long lived Sm isotope to a radiogenic Nd isotope. Nd isotope ratios are used to provide information on the source of igneous melts as well as to provide… …
54Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …
55fission-track dating — Method of determining the age of a mineral that utilizes the damage done by the spontaneous fission of uranium 238, the most abundant isotope of uranium. The fission results in radiation damage, or fission tracks, that can be made visible by… …
56uranium-thorium-lead dating — or common lead dating Method of dating very old rocks by means of the amount of common lead they contain. Common lead is any lead from a rock or mineral that contains a large amount of lead and a small amount of the radioactive precursors of lead …
57helium dating — Method of dating that depends on the production of helium during the decay of radioactive isotopes of uranium and thorium. Because of this decay, the helium content of any mineral or rock capable of retaining helium will increase during the… …
58South Asian Stone Age — History of South Asia and India Stone age (7000–1300 BCE) …
59Incremental dating — techniques allow the construction of year by year annual chronologies, which can be temporally fixed ( i.e., linked to the present day and thus calendar or sidereal time) or floating.Archaeologists use tree ring dating (dendrochronology) to… …
60Rhenium-osmium dating — is a form of radiometric dating based on the beta decay of the isotope 187Re which usually has a half life of 4.16×1010 y [ Smoliar, M.I., Walker, R.J. and Morgan, J.W. (1996). Re Os ages of group IIA, IIIA, IVA, and IVB iron meteorites. Science… …
