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THE PRINCIPLE IS THE KEY TO THE PAST QHICH IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT NATURALLY LAWS HAVE REMAINED THROUGH OUT TIME

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UNIFORMITARIANISM

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ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOCTRINE OF UNIFORMITY

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UNIFORMITARIANISM

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FORMED IN LAYER, PRIVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION IN RELATIVE DATING

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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

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THEY ARE FORMED FROM FRAGMENTS OF OTHER TYPES OF ROCKS

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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

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NEW SEDIMENTARY ROCKS LAYERS ARE ALWAYS _

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FLAT

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USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN OBJECT OR EVENT IS OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN OTHER OBJECTS OR EVENTS

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RELATIVE DATING

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ARE DEPOSITED IN THE SEDIMENTARY LAYERS OF ROCKS

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FOSSILS

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LAWS/IDEAS:

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LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALLY, LAW OF SUPERPOSITION, PRINCIPLE OF CROSS CUTTING RELATIONS, IDEA OF UNCOMFORMITIES

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MEANS THAT SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE ORIGINALLY FORMED IN HORIZONTAL LAYER

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LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALLY

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HORIZONTALLY OCCURS IN AN AREA OF LAND THAT IS FORCES TO BEND, USUALLY FROM FORCES INSIDE THR EARTH PUSHINH ON THEM

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LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALLY

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STATES THAT IN ANY UNDISTURBED SEQUENCE OF LAYERS OF ROCKS, THE OLDER LAYER WOULD HE AT THE BOTTOM, AND THE YOUNGER WOULD BE ON THE TOP

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LAW OF SUPERPOSITION

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THIS STATES THAT ANY TOCKS OR FAULT THAT CUT ACROSS THE OTHER ROCK IS YOUNGER THAN THOSE IT CUT ACROSS

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PRINCIPLE OF CROSS CUTTING RELATIONS

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ARE SURFACES OF EROSION THAT SEPARATE YOUNGER ROCKS FROM OLDER ONES

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IDEA OF UNCOMFOMITIES

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METHOD OF MEASURING THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF AN EVENT OR OBJECT

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ABSOLUTE DATING

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UNSTABLE RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE

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PARENT ISOTOPE

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STABLE ISOTOPE PRODUCED BY THE RADIACTIVE DECAY OF THE PARENT ISOTOPE

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DAUGHTER ISOTOPE

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TIME NEEDED FOR A HALF A SAMPLE OF RADIACTIVE SUBSTANCE

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HALF LIFE

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THE RATE OF RADIOACTUVE DECAY IS _

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CONSTANT

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ANOTHER DATING METHOD ACHIEVED BY DETERMINING THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF A SAMPLE

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RADIOMETRIC DATING

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4 RADIOMETRIC DATING METHODS BASED ON THE ESTIMATED AGE OF AN OBJECT:

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POTASSIUM-ARGON, URANIUM-LEAD, RUBIDIUM STRONTIUM, CARBON-14

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=USES POTASSIUM-40
=HALF LIFE OF 1.3 BILLION YEARS GA, IT LEAVSS ITS DAUGHTER MATERIAL, ARGON
=USED MAINLY TO DATE ROCKS OLDER THAN 100000 YEARS

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POTASSIUM-ARGON METHOD

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=USES URANIUM-238 HALF LIFE OF 4.5 GA
=URANIUM-238 DECAYS IN A SERIES OF STEPS WHICH BECOMES LEAD-206
=USED TO DATE ROCKS OLDER THAN 10 MILLION YEARS OLD

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URANIUM-LEAD METHOD

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=USES RUBIDIUM-87 WHICH FORMS A STABLE DAUGHTER ISOTOPE STRONTIUM-87
=HALF LIFE OF RUBIDIUM IS 49 GA
=USED FOR ROCKS WHICH ARE OLDER THAN 10 MILLION MA

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RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM METHOD

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=USES RADIACTIVE ISOTOPE CARBON-14
=HALF LIFE OF 5730 YEARS
=MAINLY USED FOR DATING THINGS THAT LIVED WITHIN THE LAST 50,000 YEARS

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CARBON-14 METHOD

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CONSIDERED A CHAOTI EON MAINLY DUE TO METREORITES THAT CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED EARTH

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HADEAN EON

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HADEAN CAME FROM HADES WHICH MEANS

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HELL

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THE OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERW WERE FORMED AND THE CRUST WAS ALSO STABILIZED

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HADEAN EON

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LASTED FOR 1.3 GA

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ARCHEAN EON

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PERIOD WHEN EARTH BECAME WARM BUT THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINED OBLY METHANE AND LITTLE TO NO OXYGEN

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ARCHEAN EON

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MILLION OF YEARS

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AGE

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TENS OF MILLION OF YEARS

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EPOCH

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100 MILLION YEARS

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PERIOD

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SEVERAL 100 MILLION YEARS

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ERA

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HALF A BILLION YEARS OR MORE

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EON

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IT IS KNOWN THAT NEW LAYERS CAN BE LAID DOWN ONLY ON TOP OF PREEXISTING OLDER STRATA

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PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION

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REMNANNT OF ANY ANCIENT ANIMAL OR PLANT THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN CRYSTALLIZED ROCKS

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FOSSIL

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SERVE AS GUIDE OR INDICATORS OF CERTAIN GEOLOGIC PERIODS

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INDEX FOSSILS

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