Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments, within a certain degree of uncertainty inherent to the method used. A variety of dating methods is used by geologists to achieve this, and schemes of classification and terminology have been proposed. The approach of using several methods is preferred for best re...
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study of measuring geological time
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The study of time in relationship to the history of the earth, or a system of dating developed for this purpose.
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field of scientific investigation concerned with determining the age and history of the Earth`s rocks and rock assemblages. Such time determinations ... [6 related articles]
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The study of the relationship between the history of the Earth and time.
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The science of absolute dating and relative dating of geologic formations and events, primarily thro
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Geochronology is the branch of geology concerned with ordering and dating of events in the earth's history, including the origin of the earth itself.
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The science of absolute dating and relative dating of geologic formations and events, primarily through the measurement of daughter elements produced by radioactive decay in minerals.
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geochronology 1. The chronology of the earth; the measurement of geological time and the ordering of past geological events. 2. The time sequence of the earth`s history as governed by geological events. 3. The science of dating and the study of time in relation to the earth's history as revealed by geological data.
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Branch of geology that deals with the dating of rocks, minerals, and fossils in order to create an accurate and precise geological history of the Earth. The geological time scale is a result of these studies. It puts stratigraphic units in chronological order and assigns actual dates, in millions of years, to those units
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