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- Absolute Time
- The Early Earth
http://www.zakongroup.com/photography/alps.shtml
Geological Time
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html
Alpha
Emission
Beta
Emission
Electron
Capture
Decay of 238U
Alpha
emission
General Decay Rules
Atomic mass number Beta
emission
No change
Decrease
Atomic number
Decrease
Increase
Fig. 08.23
Decay sequence for Uranium-238
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/Wiens.html
0 1,000,000 0
750,000
Nuclei
500,000
250,000
Daughterium
00 10 20 30 40 50
Geologist collects
samples of rock Geologist interprets the
geologic history of area
Geochemist finds during the time that the
radiometric age rock was being formed
Geologically Useful Radioactive Isotopes