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geochronological

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to geochronology

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Examples

  • Radiocarbon is the most widely used geochronological tool in the earth sciences for the late Quaternary the last 50,000 years.

    Deep-sea Corals May Be Oldest Living Marine Organism | Impact Lab 2009

  • “Likewise, radiochemists could be entrained into pseudo-scientific debate because of all the massive and magnificent geochronological data that have been gathered over the last few decades.”

    MBH Responses to Barton Letters « Climate Audit 2005

  • He said the satellite will probe the physical characteristics of the lunar surface, certain aspects of physical, chemical and "geochronological aspects" of the moon.

    Boing Boing: May 4, 2003 - May 10, 2003 Archives 2003

  • The geochronological framework of these deposits is based on ten radiocarbon dates.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Geomorphological Survey Report 2 2003

  • If possible, we will date calcites reflecting important tectonic activity by means of U-Th and/or U-Pb dating techniques in order to determine a geochronological evolution of the changing stress fields and the absolute timing of important fault activities.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 2 2003

  • Our own geochronological studies suggest the infill is nearly 2 million years old.

    Early Homo erectus Tools in China 2000

  • Using paleomagnetic and geochronological data from the drilled basalts, this project attempts to answer the question of whether the deep Hawaiian and Louisville mantle plumes, the two longest-lived primary hotspot systems in the Pacific, have moved in concert or independently.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Their approach of analyzing high-resolution topographic data of closely-spaced fault scarps is promising especially when combined with subsurface data as well as geochronological and paleoseismic data, and it provides a basic scheme for analyzing scarp populations in a complex topographic region.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • "For the first time we find lavas that have the high helium 3-to-helium 4 ratio, the right neodymium based on this discovery in 2005, and they plot on the geochron," Jackson says, referring to a geochronological dating scheme based on lead isotope ratios.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Using paleomagnetic and geochronological data from the drilled basalts, this project attempts to answer the question of whether the deep Hawaiian and Louisville mantle plumes, the two longest-lived primary hotspot systems in the Pacific, have moved in concert or independently.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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