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Nice knowledge. But I fail to see how would that related to the decay constant.
Clutching at straws again. Plus it does not really matter. We knew that the Earth was at least hundreds upon hundreds of millions of years old before radiometric dating. All that radiometric dating does is to give a solid number to what earlier was a rather crude estimate.
Non-radiometric methods can confirm the entire range, such as helioseismic dating, which confirms the sun's age at 4.6 billion years.
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Because nuclear decay, like nuclear fusion, is related to the nuclear force constants. They are nuclear processes. Now we know the constants are constant, therefore radiometric dating is valid over timescales of billions of years.
That is because you have never studied geology. Geologists knew that the earth was hundreds upon hundreds of millions of years old before radiometric dating came along.I don't see how would anyone know that.
A few millions of years would about be right.
That is because you have never studied geology. Geologists knew that the earth was hundreds upon hundreds of millions of years old before radiometric dating came along.
Quite a few different ways. By measuring rates of erosion, rates of depositions. Sometimes all that is involved is counting the annual layers in a strata. For example the Green River formation took over 6 million years to deposit, and that is only one formation out of 100's:You obviously studied. So how do they know?
Can you project the time needed when we try to fill the oceanic basin on the same rate?
How does that one work?
Quite a few different ways. By measuring rates of erosion, rates of depositions. Sometimes all that is involved is counting the annual layers in a strata. For example the Green River formation took over 6 million years to deposit, and that is only one formation out of 100's:
If you know the volume of the basin, and the rate the basin is being filled, then yes, of course.
Helioseismic dating works by measuring the attenuation of vibrations in the sun
Right, they can count the layers. Other methods are used for other deposits. Then there is the time necessary to erode some deposits before more sediments were lain down over them. It is a very complex question. I could give you links so that you could begin to learn for yourself, but I am again not going to spoon feed you everything. You have a computer, You have search engines that you can use. Just make sure that you go to reliable sources.How do they come up with 6 million years? Counting 6 million layers of varves?
How about other formations that have no varves?
How do you get hundreds and hundreds of millions of years?
And you are grasping at straws again. If you want to claim there is a rate change the burden of proof is upon you. Since all of the evidence out there supports no rate change there is no need to claim one.That is the problem. It is theoretically possible. But practically impossible.
Radiometric dating could have the same problem.
Right, they can count the layers.
Not one person. Why do you think that is necessary?Did anyone count 6 million layers of varies?
Not one person. Why do you think that is necessary?
That is the problem. It is theoretically possible. But practically impossible.
Radiometric dating could have the same problem.
I asked you as question, why didn't you answer it?If not, then why do you say 6 million years on the Green River Fm ?
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