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geochronology

Branch of geology that deals with the dating of rocks, minerals, and fossils in order to create an accurate and precise geological history of the Earth. The geological time scale is a result of these studies. It puts stratigraphic units in chronological order and assigns actual dates, in millions of years, to those units.



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The absolute age derives from the inversion of first order nuclear decay relation, using 15.
The remarkable metrological history of radiocarbon dating [II] by Currie, Lloyd A. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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No absolute age was calculated for the site because it contains no volcanic ash, the material usually analyzed in such dating.
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