APPS & INV IN EARTH SCIENCE, LAB MANUAL

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Chapter 10.8, Problem 5A

Determine the numerical ages of rock samples that contain a parent isotope with a half-life of 100 million years and have the following percentages oforiginal parent isotope:

50%: Age =	___________
25%: Age =	___________
6%: Age =	___________

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APPS & INV IN EARTH SCIENCE, LAB MANUAL

Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.1 - In your own words, briefly distinguish between...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.2 - Were you able to place all of the cards in...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 3A Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.3 - Is fault H older or younger than rock layers A- D?Ch. 10.3 - Is fault H older or younger than sedimentary...Ch. 10.3 - Did fault H occur before or after dike E? Explain...Ch. 10.3 - What evidence supports the conclusion that the...

Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.4 - Identify the types of unconformities in Figure...Ch. 10.5 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.5 - Is rock layer I older or younger than layer H?...Ch. 10.5 - Is fault L older or younger than rock layer D?...Ch. 10.5 - Is igneous intrusion J older or younger than...Ch. 10.5 - Is the igneous intrusion labeled dike K older or...Ch. 10.5 - List the entire sequence of events, in order from...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.7 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.7 - What is the geologic range of Lepidodendron, an...Ch. 10.7 - Imagine that you have discovered an outcrop of...Ch. 10.7 - What is the geologic range of the fossils shown in...Ch. 10.7 - What is the geologic range of the fossil shown in...Ch. 10.7 - Imagine that you have discovered a rock outcrop...Ch. 10.8 - If you had conducted this experiment 10 times and...Ch. 10.8 - What percentage of the original parent isotope...Ch. 10.8 - Prob. 4A Ch. 10.8 - Determine the numerical ages of rock samples that...Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 2A Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 3A Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 4A Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 5A Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 1A Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 2A Ch. 10.10 - Prob. 3A Ch. 10 - Place the lettered features in proper sequence,...Ch. 10 - What type of unconformity separates layer G from...Ch. 10 - Which principle of relative dating did you apply...Ch. 10 - Which principle of relative dating did you use to...Ch. 10 - Explain how you can determine whether fault N is...Ch. 10 - If rock layer F is 150 million years old, and...Ch. 10 - The analysis of samples from layers G and F...Ch. 10 - What time interval is represented by the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 9LR

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