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Wetherill diagrams

Wetherill diagrams is the plural of Wetherill diagram.

Meaning of Wetherill diagram

Noun

Wetherill diagram (plural Wetherill diagrams)

  1. A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of uranium–lead dating, whose axes are the ratios ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U and ²³⁷Pb/²³⁵U.
    • The "x" and "y" axes of the Wetherill diagram are the quantities of the respective end (lead) isotopes of the actinium series and uranium series decay chains, each adjusted and expressed as a ratio to the amount remaining of the corresponding start (uranium) isotope.

Questions about Wetherill diagrams

What is Wetherill diagrams the plural of?
Wetherill diagrams is the plural of Wetherill diagram.

Words near Wetherill diagrams in the dictionary

  1. wethered
  2. Wetherell
  3. Wetherells
  4. Wetherhead
  5. Wetherill diagram
  6. Wetherill diagrams
  7. Wetherill Park
  8. wethering
  9. Wetheringsett
  10. Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford
  11. Wetherington

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