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Imagine you are on a dinosaur fossil hunt with a famous paleontologist. Design a procedure for determining the relative and absolute ages of the fossils you find.

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Procedure 1 - Ask the famous paleontologist ! A person famous in that field would certainly be aware of the stratigraphy of the area.

Procedure 2 - Have a detailed geologic map of the area with latitude and longitude so a GPS could quickly determine your position on the map and thus the age based on the map.

Procedure 3 - Take samples of the rock back to the lab for radiometric dating techniques.
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