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Why can’t radiometric dating be used with accuracy on metamorphic rocks?

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The two are related because the discovery of radioactivity is that it provides a way to calculate the ages of rocks and minerals that contain certain radioactive isotopes.Radiometric dating can't be used with accuracy on metamorphic rocks because the rules of superposition only apply to sedimentary rocks.

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