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Related Websites

• Fossils, Rocks, and Time
  Find out how geologists tell time, explained by the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
  
• Relative Dating
  A brief discussion of relative dating techniques, from the University of Saskatchewan.
  
  
• Relative Dating Lab
  Illustrated information on relative dating techniques in geology.
  
  
• Relative Age Dating Using Fossils
  A discussion of how fossils can aid in relative age dating of rocks.
  
  
• Radiometric Dating
  A discussion of the principles behind and process of radiometric dating of Earth materials.
  
  
• How Do Geologists Date Rocks?
  A discussion of radiometric dating, from USGS.
  
  
• How Do Geologists Know How Old a Rock Is?
  A discussion of relative and absolute dating methods, from the Utah Geological Survey.
  
  
• Radiometric Time Scale
  Introduction to absolute dating, by the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
  
• Radioactive Isotopes – the "Clocks in Rocks"
  A virtual dating laboratory exercise by CSU-Los Angeles.
  
  

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