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potassium-argon dating

DEFINITIONS OF: potassium-argon dating

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n geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon

Type of:
dating, geological dating
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
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