Q. By which method has facilitated correlating the rock formation from different continents across oceans?

[A] The radiometric dating methods

[B] Carbon 14 method

[C] Radioactive methods

[D] Fling method

Answer: A
Notes:

Explanation: Rocks of Same Age Across the Oceans:

  • The radiometric dating methods developed in the recent period have facilitated correlating the rock formation from different continents across the vast ocean.
  • The belt of ancient rocks of 2,000 million years from Brazil coast matches with those from western Africa.
  • The earliest marine deposits along the coastline of South America and Africa are of the Jurassic age.
  • This suggests that the ocean did not exist prior to that time.

Source: NCERT Class 11

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