a thermometer for measuring temperatures below the surface of the earth
Examples of 'geothermometer' in a sentence
geothermometer
Gas-liquid inclusion homogenization temperature and oxygen isotope geothermometer are used to analyze the formation period of authigenic carbonate minerals.
Zhengxiang Lv, Yuanhua Qing, Fu Zhao, Jiayang Wu, Xiandong Wang 2018, 'Diagenetic evolution characteristics of Paleogene lacustrine carbonate reservoirsin central Bohai sea, China', Journal of Natural Gas Geosciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468256X18300713. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)