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Describe the disadvantages of using uranium-238 for dating.

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Mostly in metamorphic or lava materials is uranium-238 contained. Then no fossil could be estimated utilizing U 238 specifically. They should never be used combined due to the huge variations in the half-life of Carbon 14 with Uranium-238. It is only possible to be using carbon 14 to classify fossil from a very current generation.

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