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potassium-argon dating  

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  • A radiometric dating technique based on the decay of 40 K to the daughter isotope 40 Ar, by electron capture. Together with argon-argon (Ar-40/Ar-39) dating, K-Ar dating is principally used to obtain the ages of potassium-rich minerals in volcanic lavas and tuffs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; potassium-argon dating]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W7N429DV-R

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