Re: Question regarding the age of the earth



Ihab Hussein wrote:
Hello,

Since I'm delurking, there is a question I would like to ask. How is the age of the earth was measured? That is, how was it determined that the age of the earth is 4.55 billion years or so.

Google <radiological age determination>

Look up potassium argon measurement.

Bob Kolker

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