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What are three examples of things that only apply to relative dating.

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Please help! Medal & fan!

What are three examples of things that only apply to relative dating.

anonymous · Answer

relative dating? as in what exactly?

anonymous · Answer

I think it's like saying circa. We say Shakespeare was born circa 1854 because we don't know the exact day

anonymous · Answer

ooohhh okay.

sammixboo · Answer

Relative dating is like the Estimate Age of something.

anonymous · Answer

well i think one example would be Shakespeares death

anonymous · Answer

or his life

anonymous · Answer

you know what i mean

anonymous · Answer

that doeszn't sound like what the question is asking

anonymous · Answer

well then whats your idea? lol idk

anonymous · Answer

idk it's a really vague question

anonymous · Answer

i agree. so idk samm, im sorry

anonymous · Answer

1.) The incident that drove the dinosaurs to extinction. Its only relatively dated to be between certain months and a specific year.

2.) Sediment deposits in the earth. You can draw a rough timeline of past events by looking at soil composition through the earth. 

3.) Determining the order of events in the universe. 

Relative dates are inferred from context