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rubidium-strontium dating

DEFINITIONS OF: rubidium-strontium dating

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n geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years

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