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    Geologists Use Radioactive Elements in Rocks Mainly to Identify
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Geologists Use Radioactive Elements in Rocks Mainly to Identify

Question 34

Question 34

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Geologists use radioactive elements in rocks mainly to identify:


A) their relative age.
B) an angular disconformity.
C) a nonconformity.
D) their absolute age.

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