geochronology
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From geo- + chronology.
Noun
[edit]geochronology (countable and uncountable, plural geochronologies)
- (uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment.
- Geochronology allows us to see more precisely how the world has evolved.
- (countable) Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined.
- The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology.
- (uncountable) The division of ancient time into named subdivisions / periods
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any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined
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See also
[edit]- geochronology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia