Quartz hydration dating

Esquema

Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

Jerarquía

analysis and testing techniques > measuring > dating (measuring)

Descripción

Method of dating by measuring, on an exposed surface of quartz, the thickness of the hydration layer caused by the natural intake of water on that surface from the atmosphere.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300380554

Otros términos

  • dating, quartz hydration [en]
  • QHD [en]