In Terms of Dating of Specific Rocks,structures,or Landscapes,relative Age Refers

question 83

Multiple Choice

In terms of dating of specific rocks,structures,or landscapes,relative age refers to

• A)the age of geological features based on radiometric dating techniques.
• B)the approximate age of geological features based on the period or epoch in which they occurred.For instance,noting a feature is from the Cretaceous.
• C)the inability to ascertain exact age through isotopic methods and the necessity to provide a date range for such features.
• D)the age of one feature with respect to another within a sequence of events and deduced from the positions of rock strata above and below one another.
• E)an educated guess of the rocks age based on its crystalline structure.

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