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A Consideration of the Potassium-Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals

William A. Howard

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160

J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83 (4), p 546

DOI: 10.1021/ed083p546

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2006

Abstract

This response to Bartlet's letter has three objectives: (1) to clarify the point of contention between Bartelt and the article she is critical of; (2) to address a scientific question inspired by her letter; and (3) to comment on the importance of questioning well-established science.

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General Public

Keywords (Domain):

Inorganic Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

Keywords (Subject):

Argon

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A Consideration of the Potassium-Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals