Definitions For Geochronology

Noun

GEOCHRONOLOGY. (countable and uncountable, plural GEOCHRONOLOGYs) (uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment. : Geochronology allows us to see more precisely how the world has evolved. (countable) Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined. : The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology. (uncountable) The division of ancient time into named subdivisions / periods

Derived terms

{{der-top}} geochronologic geochronological geochronologically geochronologist {{der-bottom}}

Translations

{{trans-top}} Irish: {{t-check, ga, geocróineolaíocht, f}} Spanish: geocronología, f Finnish: geokronologia French: géochronologie, f Italian: geocronologia, f

See also

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Etymology

geo + chronology