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petrochronology

petrochronology noun: the dating of rock or sediment samples by determining the ages of the minerals within them to reconstruct the geological processes and conditions under which they formed.

Noun

petrochronology (uncountable)

  1. The dating of rock or sediment samples by determining the ages of the minerals within them to reconstruct the geological processes and conditions under which they formed.

Questions about petrochronology

What does petrochronology mean?
Petrochronology means the dating of rock or sediment samples by determining the ages of the minerals within them to reconstruct the geological processes and conditions under which they formed.
What part of speech is petrochronology?
Petrochronology is a noun.

Words near petrochronology in the dictionary

  1. petrochemistry
  2. petrochemists
  3. petrochems
  4. petrochronologic
  5. petrochronological
  6. petrochronology
  7. Petrock
  8. Petrockstow
  9. Petrockstowe
  10. petroclival
  11. petrocortyne

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