Radiometric dating

▸ Loading the grid of parent (radioactive) → daughter (stable) atoms…

▸ Computing N = N₀·(½)^(t/T½)

▸ Loading C-14 · U-Pb · K-Ar · Rb-Sr…

▸ Calibrating the "clock start" of each method

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🪨 Isotope

Half-life T½—

Parent remaining—

Half-lives—

Estimated age—

Scenario—

Reading the age

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Drag Time to let parent atoms decay into daughters · pick an isotope / scenario in the right column

% of parent atoms remaining over timeparent

About Radiometric Dating

Radiometric Dating is one of 20 topics in the Cosmic Timeline domain (Big Bang → ∞ scale) at My Labs — an interactive simulation atlas. This virtual lab runs right in your browser: adjust the parameters, pick a scenario and watch the phenomenon change in real time, with a click-to-inspect cross-section for every structure.