What information does relative dating provide

How old are rocks?

If have a fossil in a certain geological formation and knows its relative age, this can be used to identify the relative age of rocks, and fossils of a similar species, in rock strata miles away. This is known as biostratigraphy and was used to help determine the general age of rock strata sequences before radiometric dating was discovered. See pic. What information does relative dating provide to paleontologists? Earth Science.

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Allmon and Robert M. Ross Answering this frequently encountered question in geology requires two separate steps.

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Imagine someone telling you a story where all the important events happened in the wrong order. It might be confusing, or even make no sense at all. Being able to tell how old things are and put them in the right order is one of the most important skills archaeologists have.

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What information does relative dating provide to paleontologists?

Relative dating is a science that geologists and archeologists use to determine the chronological sequence of geological events, i. It tells whether a geological event is older or younger than another depending on their interrelationships and not actual numerical years, i. In determining relative ages, we use principles of relative dating, i. Others are original horizontality, lateral continuity, and faunal succession.

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