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Uranium-Lead (U-Pb) dating is a method of [[Radiometric dating|radiometric dating]] that uses the decay chain of uranium and lead isotopes to find the age of a rock sample. It is one of the oldest and most refined of the radiometric dating schemes, with a routine age range of about 1 million years to over 4.5 billion years, and with routine precisions in the 0.1-1 percent range. | Uranium-Lead (U-Pb) dating is a method of [[Radiometric dating|radiometric dating]] that uses the decay chain of uranium and lead isotopes to find the age of a rock sample. It is one of the oldest and most refined of the radiometric dating schemes, with a routine age range of about 1 million years to over 4.5 billion years, and with routine precisions in the 0.1-1 percent range. | ||
[[Image:Detail-77625.jpg|thumb|center|A close-up photograph of a rock sample used in Uranium-Lead dating.]] | |||
== Principles of Uranium-Lead Dating == | == Principles of Uranium-Lead Dating == | ||