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Paleontology
Unit 8: Chapter 12 The History of Life
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Permineralization
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minerals carried by water are deposited around or replace the hard structure of the organism
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Permineralization
minerals carried by water are deposited around or replace the hard structure of the organism
Most fossils form in
sedimentary rock
Relative dating
if fossil a is found in this layer the fossils below are going to be older and the ones higher are going to be younger
Radiometric Dating
technique using the natural decay rate of unstable isotopes
Half- Life
how long it takes for the radioactivity of an isotope to be half its original value
