Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chronology of the earth's history as determined by geologic events.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Geologic chronology; the application of time measures to geologic succession.
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- noun uncountable The
science ofdating samples ofrock orsediment . - noun countable Any one of the
methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined.
Etymologies
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Examples
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2 Indeed, the very expectation of female quiescencethe normative value placed on rural women's silent acceptance of their social position, on their tacit agreement not to make troublehas made public forms of oral historical memory (e.g., praise poetry, clan "geochronology," 3 dynastic accounts) in Shangaan communities problematic and mostly off-limits for women.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Milton was swallowing, hook, line and sinker, a litany of Youth Earth Creationist arguments about geochronology—but without any religious motivation.
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Ross must understand geochronology and radiodating – how can he maintain young-earth beliefs in the face of such evidence?
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John, D.A., Thomason, R.E., and McKee, E.H., 1989, Geology and K-Ar geochronology of the Paradise Peak mine and the relationship of pre-Basin and Range extension to early Miocene precious-metal mineralization in west-central Nevada: Economic Geology, v.84, p.
Where in the West - January Silver Fox 2008
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
SPECIES EXTINCTION: THE NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS 2007
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
Selected Growth Fallacies: Part 13--Next Added 100 Million Americans 2007
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
Plague of Plastics: Part 14--Next Added 100 Million Americans 2007
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U-Pb geochronology and geologic significance of the two oldest known mafic dyke swarms on earth: 3659.
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