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Random googling came across this nice wiki about old earth science. Lots in this that we don't use when talking about dating - see contents
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Contents
1 >10,000
1.1 Thermoluminescence dating: 10,000
1.2 Dendrochronology: 11,700
1.3 Oxidizable carbon ratio dating: 20,000
1.4 Widmanstatten patterns: >50,000
1.5 Mitochondrial Eve: 99,000
2 >100,000
2.1 Lack of DNA in fossils: 100,000
2.2 Ice layering: 145,000
2.3 Rock varnish: 250,000
2.4 Permafrost: 225,000
2.5 Weathering rinds: 300,000
2.6 Y-chromosomal Adam: 340,000
2.7 Fission track dating: 700,000
3 >1,000,000
3.1 Relativistic jets: >1,000,000
3.2 Space weathering: >1,000,000
3.3 Petrified wood: >1,000,000
3.4 Naica megacrystals: >1,000,000
3.5 Cosmogenic nuclide dating: >1,000,000
3.6 Iron-manganese nodule growth: >1,000,000
3.7 Amino acid racemization: >1,000,000
3.8 Stalactites: >1,000,000
3.9 Geomagnetic reversals: 5,000,000
3.10 Erosion: 6,000,000
4 >10,000,000
4.1 Milankovitch astronomical cycles: 23,030,000
4.2 Sedimentary varves: 20,000,000
4.3 Coral: 25,000,000
4.4 Seabed plankton layering: 56,000,000
4.5 Baptistina asteroid family: 80,000,000
5 >100,000,000
5.1 Continental drift: 200,000,000
5.2 Nitrogen impurities in natural diamonds: 200,000,000
5.3 Impact craters: >313,000,000
5.4 Rotation of the Earth: 620,000,000
6 >1,000,000,000
6.1 Helioseismology: 4,460,000,000
6.2 Radioactive decay: 4,540,000,000
6.3 Recession of the Moon: 4,500,000,000
6.4 Gyrochronology: 4,600,000,000
6.5 Globular clusters: >10,000,000,000
6.6 Distant starlight: 13,700,000,000
http://rationalwiki.org/...vidence_against_a_recent_creation

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