How Can Fossiliferous Sedimentary Rock Most Easily Be Dated and Correlated

question 12

Multiple Choice

How can fossiliferous sedimentary rock most easily be dated and correlated if they lack the most diagnostic index fossil for that period or epoch?

• A)by performing radiometric dating like U-238/Pb-206 or C-14 on fossils
• B)by using the entire fossil assemblage and ranges for the two localities in question
• C)by mapping out the intervening contacts or drilling a series of boreholes between
• D)by paying a geologist to tell you the answer

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