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If we find a dinosaur fossil, and in the same rock there is a crystal which can be radiometrically dated, and we get a date of 237 mya from that crystal, what age are we measuring?
a. The age of the Earth. |
b. The age of the sedimentary rock in which it was found. |
c. | The age when the crystal was formed in an igneous rock. |
d. The age of the dinosaur. |
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