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• Radiocarbon/ Carbon-14/ 14C Dating: based on the principle that all living matter possesses a certain amount of a radioactive form of carbon (14C).
• Potassium-Argon: Potassium-40(40K) Radioactive form of potassium decays and forms Argon-40 (40Ar).
• Potassium-Argon - May be used to date samples from 5,000 years up to 3 billion years old.
• Potassium-Argon - Used to date potassium-rich minerals in rock.
• Uranium Series Dating: decays of two kinds of uranium (235U) and (238U) into other isotopes such as 230TH (thorium).