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The age of most ancient geological formations is estimated by a)`C-14` dating method b)`K-Ag` method c)`U-Pb` method d)`Ra-Rn` method

A

Potassium argon method

B

Carbon-14 dating method

C

Radium and silicon method

D

Uranium lead method.

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The age of ancient formation like earth, rock etc, it found by U-Pb method
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