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REC part one - Coggle Diagram
REC part one
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dating
absolute (numerical) dating - age estimate is assigned. indepenednt criterion used, sauch as the ratio of one unstable (parent) isotope to a second (daughter) isotope (radiometric dating) e.g., 238U decays to stable lead isotope 206Pb
establish the relative order of antiquity of fossils, stratigraphic units of landforms. based of stratigraphy (superimposition - oldest unit as a base, youngest at top) or comparison of a measurable parameter e.g., lichen growth or soil development through time