Chemistry, 26.04.2021 20:50 hixoxo

Why are isotopes with short half-lives not useful for dating very old rocks? -because not enough of the parent isotope remains to measure accurately
-because not enough of the daughter product has formed to be detectable
-because neither the parent isotope nor the daughter product will be detectable
-because very old rocks would never have contained these isotopes

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