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ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
DEF

Geochronology in which the time-order is based on absolute age, usually measured in years by radiometric dating ...

CONT

geochronology: The dating of past events in the earth's history ...; the "science of earth time". It includes relative chronology, in order of occurrence or formation, and absolute chronology involving dating in years, using the measurement of radioactive decay ... and radiocarbon dating.

Key term(s)
  • absolute datation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Un assez grand nombre de roches, bien datées dans l'échelle chrono-stratigraphique fondée sur la paléontologie, ont pu faire l'objet de datations absolues.

Spanish

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