Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The age of most ancient geological formation is estimated by?

  1. Potassium-argon method

  2. Ra-si method

  3. C-14 method

  4. Uranium lead methid
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Explanation

Uranium-lead dating has a very long half-life and is the primary radiometric dating method used to estimate the age of the most ancient geological formations and rocks on Earth. Other methods like C-14 are used for much younger organic materials.

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