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geochronology
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geochronology

Dating and interpretation of geologic events in the history of the Earth. The classical technique of geochronology was stratigraphy, including faunal succession. Since the mid 20th century, radiometric dating has provided absolute age data to supplement the relative dates obtained from the fossil record. Radiometric dating is based on the principle that radioactive isotopes in geologic material decay at constant, known rates to daughter isotopes. See also carbon-14 dating.



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The volume will be of general interest to geochronologists and metamorphic petrologists.
Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic record with Petrology and Textures by Davis, W.J. / Geoscience Canada
The ash contains grains of zircon--prized by geochronologists because it incorporates uranium into its crystalline lattice during formation.
Death swept Earth at end of Permian by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
Significant interest in a complete record of all terrestrial mafic magmatism exists in Canada and, indeed, Canadian geochronologists have been leading efforts to date such rocks.
Taking the pulse of planet earth: a proposal for a new ... by Bleeker, Wouter / Geoscience Canada
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