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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 volume will be of general interest to geochronologists and metamorphic petrologists.
Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic record with Petrology and Textures by Davis, W.J. / Geoscience Canada
The ash contains grains of zircon--prized by geochronologists because it incorporates uranium into its crystalline lattice during formation.
Death swept Earth at end of Permian by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
Significant interest in a complete record of all terrestrial mafic magmatism exists in Canada and, indeed, Canadian geochronologists have been leading efforts to date such rocks.
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