geochronology

Noun

 * 1)  The science of dating samples of rock or sediment.
 * Geochronology allows us to see more precisely how the world has evolved.
 * 1)  Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined.
 * The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology.
 * 1)  The division of ancient time into named subdivisions / periods

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 * Spanish: geocronología


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