Radiometric dating is least useful for dating
22-Nov-2019 10:17
Most people accept the current old-earth (OE) age estimate of around 4.6 billion years.This age is obtained from radiometric dating and is assumed by evolutionists to provide a sufficiently long time-frame for Darwinian evolution.In other words, half of the radioactive isotope in a sample would have decayed to Nitrogen-14 (N-14) in just 5,730 years.C-14 dating of carbon-bearing materials is therefore limited to roughly 50,000 years.These estimates give 4.4-4.5 billion years for moon rock, and 4.54 billion years for iron metreorites.These techniques utilize the physical parameters of the earth, such as ice cores, annual lake sediments, and astronomical cycles.This challenge is mainly headed by Creationism which teaches a young-earth (YE) theory.
But assuming the earth was formed at the time of the rest of our solar system, then recovered moon rock and meteorites can also be used to estimate the age of the earth.
And OE Christians (theistic evolutionists) see no problem with this dating whilst still accepting biblical creation, see Radiometric Dating - A Christian Perspective.