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Geology & Earth Science

Radiometric Decay & Half-Life

N = N₀·e^(−λt), λ = ln2 / t½
Radiometric Decay & Half-Life

A radioactive parent isotope decays so that a fixed fraction is lost per unit time, halving every half-life — sweeping that half-life shows why geologists reach for short-lived clocks to date young rocks and long-lived ones to date the planet.

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