Uranium-thorium dating
Esquema
Jerarquía
analysis and testing techniques > measuring > dating (measuring) > radioactive dating > uranium-series dating
Descripción
Radiometric dating method which measures the age of igneous calcium carbonate materials. The technique calculates the degree to which radioactive thorium-230 isotopes within a sample have reestablished secular equilibrium with their parent uranium-234 isotopes.
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Otros términos
- dating, uranium-thorium [en]
- U-Th dating [en]