2. Noun. Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined. ¹
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Definition of Geochronology
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geochronology
Literary usage of Geochronology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... Research Laboratory (Athens), Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Process and Effects Research See 1020 0664 geochronology ..."
2. Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines by National Academies Press, National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"With a background in isotope geochronology applied to crustal processes, she
spent twelve years at the Geological Survey of Norway in Trondheim as a ..."
3. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy; pp. 130-212 in WA Berggren,
... geochronology, time scales and global strati- graphic correlations. ..."