Chapter 24.1, Problem 1R

Summary Introduction

To review:

The sites given in the figure below and assign each site to a geological period according to the table 1 and table 24.2 given below.

Introduction:

The ratio of ²⁰⁶Pb and ²³⁸U is known as uranium and lead dating. It is a radioactive dating technique used in earlier times was used to date rocks that were formed in between 1 million years to 4.5 billion years ago. The table 1 given below shows the ratio between the ²⁰⁶Pb and ²³⁸U and the estimated age of the sites given.