Why does a potassium-argon dating time scale reset during heating?
A) Expansion of the crystal structure may permit the loosely caged argon atoms to escape.
B) Reduction of the crystal structure may permit the loosely caged argon atoms to escape.
C) It gets so hot that it throws off the time scale.
D) This does not happen.
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