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Line 288: − − ===Helioseismic verification=== − The radiometric date of meteorites can be verified with studies of the Sun. The Sun can be dated using [[Helioseismic#Helioseismic dating|helioseismic]] methods that strongly agree with the radiometric dates found for the oldest meteorites.<ref>{{cite journal − | author=Bonanno, A.; Schlattl, H.; Paternò, L. − | title=The age of the Sun and the relativistic corrections in the EOS | year=2002 | month=August − | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=390 − | issue=3 − | pages=1115–1118 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20020749 − | bibcode=2002A&A...390.1115B − | id= | arxiv=astro-ph/0204331}}</ref> − − ==See also== − *[[Age of the universe]] − *[[Geochronology]] − *[[History of Earth]] − *[[Oldest rock]] − *[[Radiometric dating]] − *[[Timetable of the Precambrian]] − *[[Natural history]] − − ==Notes== − {{Reflist|2}} − − ==References== − *{{cite book − | first = G. Brent − | last = Dalrymple − | date = 1994-02-01 − | title = The Age of the Earth − | publisher = Stanford University Press − | isbn = 0-8047-2331-1 }} − − ==Further reading== − * Baadsgaard, H.; Lerbekmo, J.F.; Wijbrans, J.R., 1993. Multimethod radiometric age for a bentonite near the top of the Baculites reesidei Zone of southwestern Saskatchewan (Campanian-Maastrichtian stage boundary?). ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences'', v.30, p. 769–775. − * Baadsgaard, H. and Lerbekmo, J.F., 1988. A radiometric age for the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary based on K-Ar, Rb-Sr, and U-Pb ages of bentonites from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana. ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences'', v.25, p. 1088–1097. − * Eberth, D.A. and Braman, D., 1990. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) near Muddy Lake, west-central Saskatchewan. ''Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology'', v.38, no.4, p. 387–406. − * Goodwin, M.B. and Deino, A.L., 1989. The first radiometric ages from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Hill County, Montana. ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences'', v.26, p. 1384–1391. − * Gradstein, F. M.; Agterberg, F.P.; Ogg, J.G.; Hardenbol, J.; van Veen, P.; Thierry, J. and Zehui Huang., 1995. A Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous time scale. IN: Bergren, W. A. ; Kent, D.V.; Aubry, M-P. and Hardenbol, J. (eds.), ''Geochronology, Time Scales, and Global Stratigraphic Correlation''. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication No. 54, p. 95–126. − * Harland, W.B., Cox, A.V.; Llewellyn, P.G.; Pickton, C.A.G.; Smith, A.G.; and Walters, R., 1982. ''A Geologic Time Scale'': 1982 edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 131p. − * Harland, W.B.; [[Richard Lee Armstrong|Armstrong, R.L.]]; Cox, A.V.; Craig, L.E.; Smith, A.G.; Smith, D.G., 1990. ''A Geologic Time Scale'', 1989 edition. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, p. 1–263. ISBN 0-521-38765-5 − * Harper, C.W., Jr., 1980. ''Relative age inference in paleontology''. Lethaia, v.13, p. 239–248. − * Obradovich, J.D., 1993. A Cretaceous time scale. IN: Caldwell, W.G.E. and Kauffman, E.G. (eds.). ''Evolution of the Western Interior Basin''. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 39, p. 379–396. − * Palmer, Allison R. (compiler), 1983. The Decade of North American Geology 1983 Geologic Time Scale.'' Geology'', v.11, p. 503–504. September 12, 2004. − * Powell, James Lawrence, 2001, ''Mysteries of Terra Firma: the Age and Evolution of the Earth'', Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-87282-X − − ==External links== − * [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-age-of-earth.html TalkOrigins.org] − * [http://www.vectorsite.net/ Vectorsite.net] – ''Initial version of this article was based on a public domain text by [[Greg Goebel]]'' − * [http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html USGS preface on the Age of the Earth] − * [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/nasa1.html NASA exposition on the age of Martian meteorites] − {{In Our Time|Ageing the Earth|p005493g|Ageing_the_Earth}} − − {{Earth}} − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Age Of The Earth}} − [[Category:Geochronology]] − [[Category:History of earth science]] − [[Category:Geology theories]] − − {{Link FA|nl}} − [[bg:Възраст на Земята]] − [[ca:Edat de la Terra]] − [[cy:Oedran y Ddaear]] − [[da:Jordens alder]] − [[de:Entstehung der Erde]] − [[es:Edad de la Tierra]] − [[id:Usia Bumi]] − [[lb:Geschicht vun der Äerd]] − [[lt:Žemės amžius]] − [[nl:Ouderdom van de Aarde]] − [[ja:地球の年齢]] − [[pl:Historia Ziemi]] − [[pt:Idade da Terra]] − [[ru:Возраст Земли]] − [[sk:Vek Zeme]] − [[sl:Starost Zemlje]] − [[sh:Starost Zemlje]] − [[tr:Dünya'nın yaşı]] − [[vi:Tuổi của Trái Đất]] − [[zh:地球年齡]]
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Altogether, the concordance of age dates of both the earliest terrestrial lead reservoirs and all other reservoirs within the solar system found to date are used to support the hypothesis that Earth and the rest of the solar system formed at around 4.53 to 4.58 billion years ago.
Altogether, the concordance of age dates of both the earliest terrestrial lead reservoirs and all other reservoirs within the solar system found to date are used to support the hypothesis that Earth and the rest of the solar system formed at around 4.53 to 4.58 billion years ago.