Geologic Time

Learning Outcomes

- Be able to describe the difference between relative and absolute (numeric) dating.
- Know how to apply the principles of relative dating to an outcrop.
- Be able to describe the different unconformities and how they are formed.
- Be able to describe alpha and beta radiation and half-life.
- Know how radiometric dating applies a half-life to calculate the numeric age of a sample.

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