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Geochronology

Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks , fossils , and sediments . A variety of dating methods are used by geologists to achieve this. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Dating methods 2 Radiometric dating 3 Incremental dating 4 References 5 See also Dating methods Radiometric techniques measure the decay of radioactive...
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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth . The table of geologic...timeline Lunar geologic timescale Martian geologic timescale Anthropocene Logarithmic timeline External link NASA: Geologic Time GSA: Geologic Time Scale
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Arthur Holmes

...Professor of geology at Durham University , but moved on to University of Edinburgh later in his career ( 1943 ), retiring in 1956 . He greatly furthered the newly created discipline of geochronology and published the world renowned book The Age of the Earth in 1913 in which he estimated the Earth 's age to be 1600 Ma. He championed the theory of plate tectonics from its start...
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Age of the Earth

...; Hardenbol, J.; van Veen, P.; Thierry, J. and Zehui Huang., 1995. A Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous time scale. IN: Bergren, W. A. ; Kent, D.V.; Aubry, M-P. and Hardenbol, J. (eds.), Geochronology, Time Scales, and Global Stratigraphic Correlation. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication No. 54, p.95-126. Harland, W.B., Cox, A.V.; Llewellyn, P.G...
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Earth science

... Partial list of the major Earth Science topics Geology Cataclysmic Geology Economic geology Engineering geology Environmental geology Gemology Geochemistry Geochronology Geohydrology Geomagnetics Geomicrobiology Geomorphology Geophysics Geostatistics Historical geology Mantle plumes Micropaleontology Mining Paleontology...
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-ology

...within families particularly with a view to constructing family trees Genecology, the study of genetic differences in relation to the environment Genesiology, the study of reproduction. Geochronology , the study of the age of the Earth Geology , the study of the Earth Geomorphology , the study of present-day landforms , traditionally on Earth but with increasing frequency on...
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Dendrochronology

Pinus taeda Cross section showing annual rings, Cheraw, South Carolina Pine stump showing growth rings Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the method of scientific... Dendrochronology on musical instruments and art objects University of Tennessee Dendrochronology Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory Online Glossary of Dendrochronology
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Thermoluminescence dating

Thermoluminescence (TL) dating is the determination by means of measuring accumulated radiation dose of the time elapsed since crystalline mineral materials were either heated ( lava...technical, but well-written and well organized. There is a second edition. Aitken, M.J., Introduction to Optical Dating , Oxford University Press (1998) – Good introduction to the field.
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Palynology

..., archaeology , pedology , and geography . Applications Palynology is used for a diverse range of applications, related to many scientific disciplines. Biostratigraphy and geochronology . Geologists use palynological studies in biostratigraphy to correlate strata and determine the relative age of a given bed, horizon, formation or stratigraphical sequence. Palaeoecology...
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Ice core

Ice Core sample taken from drill. Photo by Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center. An ice core is a cylinder of ice removed from an ice sheet . It is collected by driving...through Greenland's ice cap ”, BBC , 14 October 2005. ^   " NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Vostok Ice Core ." Accessed October 14 , 2005 .
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