Radioactive Dating

• U238>Pb206

  • Halflife:
    • 4.5 billion years
  • Oldest earth rocks
    • 3.96 billion years
  • Meteors and Moon rocks
    • 4.6 billion years
    • This is the time they solidified… The solar system is older than this.

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