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Determining Age of Rocks and Fossils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Frank K. McKinney
Frank K. McKinney*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608
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The Age of fossils intrigues almost everyone. Students not only want to know how old a fossil is, but they want to know how that age was determined. Some very straightforward principles are used to determine the age of fossils. Students should be able to understand the principles and have that as a background so that age determinations by paleontologists and geologists don't seem like black magic.

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Research Article
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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 2: Learning from the Fossil Record , October 1996 , pp. 115 - 125
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Copyright © 1996 by The Paleontological Society 

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