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uranium-234-uranium-238 dating (sh)




Method of age determination that makes use of the radioactive decay of uranium-238 to uranium-234; the method can be used for dating sediments from either a marine or a playa lake environment.

Because this method is useful for the period งใ 100,000-1.2 million years before the present, it helps in bridging the gap between the carbon-14 dating method and the potassium-argon dating method.