I know that lichen growth-rates have been used to estimate the age of some geological events. In this case, the radionuclide derived age might be used to verify growth rates for the this species of lichen in this environment. It would be interesting to compare the two derived ages for consistency.
Another, "who would have thought such a thing could exist" photo of the day. Thanks Mike and congrats Svend et al. Elton ----- Original Message ---- > From: Michael Johnson <mich...@rocksfromspace.org> > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 9:26:06 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - January 5, 2011 > > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_5_2011.html ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list