Tera–Wasserburg diagrams
Tera–Wasserburg diagrams is the plural of Tera–Wasserburg diagram.
Meaning of Tera–Wasserburg diagram
Noun
Tera–Wasserburg diagram (plural Tera–Wasserburg diagrams)
- A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of uranium–lead dating, whose axes are the ratios ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²³⁸U/²⁰⁶Pb.
- The axes of the Tera–Wasserburg diagram are the amounts of ^{₂₀₇}Pb (a stable, radiogenic isotope unconnected with uranium series decay) and ^{₂₃₈}U (the start of the uranium series decay chain), each adjusted and expressed as ratio to the amount of ^{₂₀₆}Pb (the stable end product of the uranium...
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- What is Tera–Wasserburg diagrams the plural of?
- Tera–Wasserburg diagrams is the plural of Tera–Wasserburg diagram.
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