RE: [asa] geological dating

Is radioactive decay done separately on both the fossil and the corresponding strata and thus corroborated?

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of gordon brown [Gordon.Brown@Colorado.EDU]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [asa] geological dating

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Alexanian, Moorad wrote:

>
> I have often heard that geological dating is based on the supposition of
> evolution. Therefore, the fossil is dated by the age of the geological
> strata and conversely. Is that so?
>
> Moorad

I believe that a significant amount of dating is based on radioactive
decay. Don't you accept that as being physics? Physics doesn't depend on
biological evolution.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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