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21 September, 09:08

How would a geologist use absolute dating to determine the age of sedimentary layer?

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  1. 21 September, 09:33
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    They can be dated using radioactive carbon. But for rocks older than 50 thousand years they look for layers of igneous rock or volcanic ash above and Bellow the layer of rock/fossil.
  2. 21 September, 09:56
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    By dating the age of instrusions and extrusions near a sedimentary rock layer
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