Multiple Choice
The process that has yielded the most accurate estimate of the age of Earth is measurement of
A) the rate of sedimentation.
B) the radioactive decay of elements in minerals.
C) rate of increase of salinity of the oceans.
D) the rate of the cooling of Earth from a molten mass.
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