How Long Are the Half-Lives of Radioisotopes Commonly Used to Date

question 26

Multiple Choice

How long are the half-lives of radioisotopes commonly used to date igneous and metamorphic rocks?

• A) seconds to minutes
• B) a few years
• C) hundreds of millions to billions of years
• D) hundreds to thousands of years

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