The rubidium–strontium dating method (Rb–Sr) is a radiometric dating technique, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from their...
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altered (see rubidium–strontium dating). Rubidium-82, one of the element's non-natural isotopes, is produced by electron-capture decay of strontium-82 with...
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has also been used to date lunar samples. Closure temperatures are so high that they are not a concern. Rubidium-strontium dating is not as precise as...
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minerals only if the rocks have not been subsequently altered. See rubidium–strontium dating for a more detailed discussion. Other than 87Rb, the longest-lived...
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values ranging from about 0.7 to greater than 4.0 (see rubidium–strontium dating). Because strontium has an electron configuration similar to that of calcium...
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Otto Hahn (section Rubidium–strontium dating)
phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. In 1938, Hahn, Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear...
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daughter of long-lived beta-decaying 87Rb. This is the basis of rubidium–strontium dating. Of the unstable isotopes, the primary decay mode of the isotopes...
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hydration dating (exclusively used in archaeology) Oxidizable carbon ratio dating Rehydroxylation dating Rubidium–strontium dating Samarium–neodymium dating Tephrochronology...
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Igneous petrology (section Rubidium–strontium dating)
40Ar that would have otherwise not have been present there. The rubidium–strontium dating is based on the natural decay of 87Rb to 87Sr and the different...
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(usually 238U to 206Pb) leads to the U–Pb isochron dating method, analogous to the rubidium–strontium dating method. Finally, ages can also be determined from...
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Unlike other commonly used radiometric dating techniques such as rubidium–strontium or uranium–lead dating, the uranium-thorium technique does not measure...
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does not exceed greenschist facies over much of the region. Rubidium - Strontium dating of metamorphic micas has indicated a Caledonian (Early Devonian)...
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Scientists using Rubidium-strontium dating techniques to date the rock accurately have given it an age of 600 million years, matching the date of the Woodroffe...
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phenomena of radioactive recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. In 1938, Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear...
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Rodinia – Hypothetical Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rubidium–strontium dating – Radiometric dating technique for rocks and minerals Sand – Granular material...
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known for his work in the 1950s in establishing a method of using rubidium–strontium dating as a means of geochronology. Louis Ahrens was born in Pietermaritzburg...
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It was formed approximately 52 ± 8 million years ago based on rubidium–strontium dating, as part of the breakup of Laurasia. Greenland and Europe separated...
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TIMS). These methods include rubidium–strontium dating, uranium–lead dating, lead–lead dating and samarium–neodymium dating. When these isotope ratios are...
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isotopic systems for isochron dating is the rubidium–strontium system. Other systems that are used for isochron dating include samarium–neodymium, and...
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tectonics and extreme climate change. For example, in rubidium–strontium dating, the isotopic ratio of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) can be analyzed within ice cores to...
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ammonite fossils, suggesting it formed during the Turonian, while rubidium-strontium dating gives an age of 85 to 70 million years ago. Remnant pillow lava...
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in northwest Scotland. The event affected the Lewisian gneiss. Rubidium-strontium dating indicated Scourian metamorphism took place between 2.6 and 2.7...
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Creation science (section Radiometric dating)
potassium–argon dating, argon–argon dating, rubidium–strontium dating, samarium–neodymium dating, lutetium–hafnium, rhenium–osmium dating, and uranium–lead dating. Wiens...
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to strontium-90 finding its way into the human food chain. Kulp's research in radiometric dating included: Potassium-argon dating Rubidium-strontium dating...
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phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. In 1938, Hahn, Meitner and Strassmann discovered nuclear fission...
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August 27, 2014. Dating methods discussed were potassium–argon dating, argon–argon dating, rubidium–strontium dating, samarium–neodymium dating, lutetium–hafnium...
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Period 5 element (section Rubidium)
hydrogen to form strontium hydroxide and pure hydrogen gas which quickly diffuses in the air. In addition, strontium, like rubidium, oxidizes in air and...
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Formation zircon grains have been dated with uranium-lead dating and rubidium-strontium dating. Metamorphism and intrusive activity formed gneiss with sedimentary...
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Fission products (by element) (section Rubidium-85, 87)
(n,2n) reactions in Rubidium-87 or via neutron capture in Rubidium-85. The strontium radioisotopes are very important, as strontium is a calcium mimic...
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in Neoproterozoic. The 1840 Ma of the rocks was determined by rubidium–strontium dating of the Baragoan gneiss, however some have allocated the gneiss...
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