Geochronology
Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments,[1] using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves.[2]
Def. the "science of dating samples of rock or sediment",[3] any "one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined"[3] or the "division of ancient time into named subdivisions / periods"[4] is called geochronology.
Resources
[edit | edit source]Under development are
- Argon–argon dating
- Cathodoluminescences
- Chemostratigraphy
- Cosmogenic radionuclide dating
- Electron spin resonances
- Fission track dating
- Hafnium–tungsten dating
- Helium dating
- Iodine–xenon dating
- Krypton–krypton dating
- Lanthanum–barium dating
- Lead–lead dating
- Lichenometry
- Lutetium–hafnium dating
- Magnetostratigraphy
- Marker horizons
- Orbitally forced cyclicity
- Paleomagnetic dating
- Potassium–argon dating
- Potassium–calcium dating
- Rhenium–osmium dating
- Rubidium–strontium dating
- Samarium–neodymium dating
- Stable isotope analysis
- Thermoluminescences
- Uranium-lead dating
- Uranium-uranium dating
- Varves
Methods
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[edit | edit source]Time periods
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ NickW (5 September 2004). "Geochronology". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ Smith609 (12 January 2015). "Geochronology". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Conrad.Irwin (10 November 2008). "geochronology". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ SemperBlotto (8 May 2021). "geochronology". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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