geochronology
/dʒiːəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun]
The branch of geology concerned with the dating of rock formations and geological events.Large-scale tectonic reconstructions depend on linked and reliable geochronology and palaeomagnetic data....
- In view of the new geochronology, the Finnmarkian Orogeny cannot have played any part in the deformation of the Hellefjord Schist.
- The assignment of a particular suite of granites to one of these tectonic settings requires detailed knowledge of its structural setting, geochronology and chemistry.
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geochronological
- The new U-Pb analyses on the felsic porphyroids represent the first geochronological demonstration that a magmatic event occurred during the Mid-Ordovician in the Lower Domain of the Peloritan Mountains.
- Existing petrological and geochronological data are used to present a new model for Carboniferous collision at the western margin of the Bohemian Massif.
- This paper shows the advantages of combining geophysical and geochronological techniques to investigate the age, migration and accumulation of aeolian sand.
geochronologist
- 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.
- Another geochronologist on the team has dated two volcanic layers above the unconformity, and they consistently date to just over 2.8 billion years.
- Among geochronologists the dating methods we applied are well established.
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