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>Due to the long half-life of 40
K, the technique is most applicable for dating minerals and rocks over 100,000 years old. For shorter timescales, it is unlikely that enough 40
Ar will have had time to accumulate to be accurately measurable.

>Use a measurement method intended to measure really old rocks on a really young rock
>it doesn’t give accurate measurements
>WOOOOOW BUGGED DATING MECHANICS DUDE. NOTHING I COULD DO