EARTH SCIENCE
PALEONTOLOGY
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matching of similarly-aged rocks from different outcrops
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absolute dating of fossil-bearing strata
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recognition of the kings of the beasts in past times
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the study of habits of extinct mammals
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Detailed explanation-1: -Figure 4: The principle of faunal succession allows scientists to use the fossils to understand the relative age of rocks and fossils. Fossils occur for a distinct, limited interval of time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The age of rocks is determined by radiometric dating, which looks at the proportion of two different isotopes in a sample. Radioactive isotopes break down in a predictable amount of time, enabling geologists to determine the age of a sample using equipment like this thermal ionization mass spectrometer.
Detailed explanation-3: -How does the principle of faunal succession allow geologists to correlate rock strata in different geographic locations? a. It states that layers of rock strata at different locations can be correlated according to the unique set of fossils they contain.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are two main ways to determine the age of a rock, these are Relative dating and Absolute dating.