"Table 1: The following is a comparison between rocks of known age Vs radiometric "age."
| Rock Sample Obtained From | Known Age
from Historical or Archaeological Data |
Rocks Age
from Radiometric Dating |
Method Used |
| Sunset Crater, Arizona 7 |
1,900 yrs |
210,000--230,000 yrs |
K/Ar |
| Russian Volcano 8 |
24,000 yrs |
50 m.---14.6 b. yrs |
K/Ar |
|
Mt Rangitoto, New Zealand 9 |
3,300 yrs |
485,000 yrs |
K/Ar |
|
Vulcan's
Throne, Grand Canyon 10 |
10,000 yrs max. |
114,000--120,000 yrs |
K/Ar |
|
Hualalai
Volcano, Hawaii 11,12,13 |
200 yrs |
140 m.---670 m. yrs |
Helium |
|
Hualalai
Volcano, Hawaii 11,12,13 |
200 yrs |
160 m.---2.96 b. yrs |
K/Ar |
| *Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii 14 |
200 yrs |
0 yrs at 1400 |
K/Ar |
| *Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii 14 |
200 yrs |
10-14
m.y. at
3420 |
K/Ar |
| *Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii 14 |
200 yrs |
13-29
m.y. at
4680 |
K/Ar |
Note: Where abbreviations are
used: b. = billion; and m. = million.
* The depth here refers to the depth below the surface of the water, since
this volcano produced a lava
flow that flowed down the mountain and into the ocean.
Table 2: The following is a comparison between different methods of dating rocks of unknown age.
|
Rock Sample |
Known Age |
Rocks Age
from |
Method |
|
Salt
Lake Crater, |
Unknown |
2.6 m.---140 m. yrs |
Helium |
| Salt
Lake Crater, Hawaii 15,16,17 |
Unknown |
400,000---3.3 b. yrs |
K/Ar |
| Cubic
Diamonds, Zaire 18,19 |
Unknown |
6,000,000,000 yrs |
K/Ar |
| KBS
Tuff, E. Turkana, Kenya 20,21 |
Unknown |
290,000---221 m. yrs |
K/Ar |
| KBS
Tuff, E. Turkana, Kenya 22 |
Unknown |
2,420,000 yrs |
Fission |
| Cardenas
Basalts, Bottom of Grnd Canyn. 23,24,25,26 |
Unknown |
715,000,000 yrs |
K/Ar |
| Cardenas
Basalts, Bottom of Grnd Canyon. 23,24,25,26 |
Unknown |
1.17 b. yrs |
Rb/Sr |
| Uinkaret
Plateau, Top of Grnd Canyon 23,24,25,26 |
Unknown |
0.01--117 million yrs |
K/Ar |
| Uinkaret
Plateau, Top of Grand Canyon 23,24,25,26 |
Unknown |
1,340 million yrs |
Rb/Sr |
| Uinkaret
Plateau, Top of Grnd Canyon 23,24,25,26 |
Unknown |
2,600 million yrs |
Pb/Pb |
| Morton
gneisses, Minnesota 27 |
Unknown |
2.5 billion yrs |
K/Ar |
| Morton
gneisses, Minnesota 27 |
Unknown |
3.3 billion yrs |
Ur/Pb |
| "Allende" Meteorite 28,29,30 | Unknown |
3.91 b.--11.7 b. yrs |
Ur/Th/Pb |
| "Allende" Meteorite 28,29,30 | Unknown |
4.49 b.--16.5 b. yrs |
Ur/Th/Pb |
| Moon Rocks 31 | Unknown |
4.6 b.--8.2 b. yrs |
Ur/Pb |
| Moon Rocks 32 |
Unknown |
2.3 -- 3.76 b. yrs |
K/Ar |
| Moon Rock (breccia) 33 | Unknown |
123.8 -- 125.5 b. yrs |
K/Ar |