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Why could you use radiometric dating to date the igneous rock layers, but not the sedimentary rock layers?

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"Sedimentary rocks can be dated using radioactive carbon, but because carbon decays relatively quickly, this only works for rocks younger than about 50 thousand years. So in order to date most older fossils, scientists look for layers of igneous rock or volcanic ash above and below the fossil."

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