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    Radiometric Dating Is Based on ____
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Radiometric Dating Is Based on ____

Question 53

Question 53

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Radiometric dating is based on ____.


A) the presence of fossils
B) cross-cutting relationships
C) spontaneous decay of radioactive elements
D) superposition
E) dendrochronology

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