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Other radioactive ‘stopwatches’, each with its own characteristic rate of slowing down, are the rubidium-strontium, and the uranium-thorium-lead watches.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium%E2%80%93thorium_dating As time passes after such material has formed, uranium-234 in the sample with a half-life of 245,000 years decays to thorium-230. Thorium-230 is itself radioactive with a half-life of 75,000 years.
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
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