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SCLEROCHRONOLOGY [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geochemistry
  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

… the study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms [fish, coralline algae, gastropods, bivalves], and the temporal context in which they formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géochimie
  • Biologie marine
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

[…] science qui permet de mesurer le temps à partir de marques naturelles enregistrées périodiquement par les pièces calcifiées de nombreux organismes (otolithes et écailles de poissons, coquilles de mollusques, etc.).

OBS

sclérochronologie : vient du grec «scleros» (dur), «chronos» (temps) et «logos» (étude).

Spanish

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