Process that puts an actual time or date on an object or event.
Geologic History Vocab

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absolute dating
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The matching of rock units in one area to rock units in another area.
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correlation
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The time it takes for 50% of the original radioactive isotope to decay.
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half-life
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a fossil that can be used to correlate rock units
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index fossil
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The process of putting events into a sequence such as youngest to oldest.
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relative dating
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A missing rock unit in a geological sequence that represents a period of erosion.
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unconformity
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The present is the key to the past
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uniformitarianism
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A summary of geologic events preserved in the fossil record
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geologic time scale
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