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Geologic Time 30 minutes / n.a. "absolute age dating", "James Hutton", isotope, "geologic time", element, fossil, Bible, "age", superposition, "sedimentary rock", "rock formation", "relative age dating", radioactivity, "radioisotope", "Principle of Superposition", "mass spectrometer", correlation
Absolute Age 16:36 - 18:06 (01:30) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", radioactivity, "Marie Curie", radioisotope, "Ernest Rutherford", "absolute age dating", "relative age dating", dinosaur, extinction
Radioactivity 18:06 - 18:55 (00:49) / 0.8 MB isotope, radioisotope, radioactivity, element, "absolute age dating"
Isotopes 18:55 - 19:37 (00:42) / 0.5 MB "radioactive decay", "radiometric age dating", "radiocarbon dating", isotope, element, "absolute age dating"
Carbon-14 19:37 - 20:27 (00:50) / 1.8 MB "radiocarbon dating", carbon-14, radioactivity, carbon, atmosphere, water, plant, animal, isotope, "absolute age dating"
Half Life of Carbon 20:27 - 21:37 (01:10) / 1.8 MB "half-life", "radioactive decay", carbon-14, radioisotope, "absolute age dating"
Uranium-235 21:37 - 22:16 (00:39) / 0.8 MB radioisotope, uranium-235, element, lead-207, isotope, "absolute age dating"
Determining the Age of Rocks 22:16 - 23:19 (01:03) / 1.1 MB "geologic age", mineralogy, mineral, element, isotope, "mass spectrometer", "isotopic ratio", "absolute age dating"
Mass Spectrometer 23:19 - 24:58 (01:39) / 1.5 MB "Jason Saleeby", "mass spectrometer", isotope, element, "absolute age dating"
Age Data 24:58 - 25:39 (00:41) / 0.8 MB "Jason Saleeby", "mass spectrometer", "absolute age dating"
Conclusion 25:39 - 27:00 (01:21) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", radioisotope, "relative age dating", "absolute age dating", mineral, superposition, horizontality, "cross-cutting relationship", "radiometric age dating", geologist, "rock formation", "geologic structure"
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