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To: RaceBannon
True, but it allows for a range of dating fossil material in igneous formations which are anywhere from 100,000 to 2,000,000 years old. There are problems such as the amount of argon and/or potassium present in volcanic rock and also, the material can only be dated to as far back as the last molten period. But,as a means of estimating relative age of fossils, it is a generally dependable method- - -plus or minus the fluctuations from one lab to another.
357 posted on 07/08/2002 9:55:30 AM PDT by stanz
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To: stanz
It still does not explain how fresh magma, cooled off enough to touch and get in the lab, shows ages of thousands of years.
359 posted on 07/08/2002 11:47:43 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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