💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Radiochronology"
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| geochronometernoun | (geology, geochronology) Any of several techniques used to measure the age of rock, especially any technique of radiometric dating, the measuring of the relative abundance of particular radioactive or radiogenic isotopes in order to evaluate the progress of radioactive decay. |
| radiometric agenoun | (archaeology, paleontology, geology, geochronology) The age of a material as determined by radiometric dating. |
| radiodatingnoun | Determining the age of artefacts by means of radiometry. |
| radiocarbon datingnoun | (physics, archaeology, paleontology) A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample. |
| geochronologynoun | (uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment. |
| geochronynoun | (obsolete) Geochronology. |
| thermochronometrynoun | (geology) Synonym of thermochronology. |
| astrochronologynoun | The dating of sedimentary units by calibration with astronomically tuned time scales. |
| chronogenynoun | (dated, geology, paleontology) The chronology of a thing's origin and development. |
| paleochronologynoun | prehistoric chronology |
| geochronologistnoun | A geologist whose speciality is geochronology. |
| magnetochronologynoun | (geology) A form of geochronology based on geomagnetic polarity reversals |
| typochronologynoun | (archaeology) The chronological variation in the type of a class of objects |
| potassium-argon datingnoun | (geology) A method of estimating the age of igneous rocks or of archaeological objects by measuring the amount of argon that has built up through the radioactive decay of potassium. |
| relative datingnoun | (uncountable) A method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock. |
| paleoradiologynoun | The use of modern radiological techniques to study ancient remains and artifacts. |
| helium datingnoun | (archaeology) a method of determining the age of rock that depends on the production of helium during the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium and thorium. |
| palaeochronologynoun | Alternative form of paleochronology. [prehistoric chronology] |
| tephrochronologynoun | A geochronological technique that uses discrete layers of tephra to create a chronological framework in which paleoenvironmental or archaeological records can be placed. |
| rock recordnoun | (geology) The collective record of the development of the Earth that is reflected in the preserved rocks, especially sedimentary rocks, from throughout geological history. |
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