radiometric dating

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Led by experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers used radiometric dating to determine the age of the volcanic rock.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

When that lunar magma ocean cooled, that's when the zircon crystals could finally form, locking in chemical signatures that the Field Museum scientists can now measure with radiometric dating technology.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023

After determining the materials in the sample and performing radiometric dating, the researchers concluded that the oldest crystals are about 4.46 billion years old.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023

Determining the timing of geological history by using radioactive isotopes, which decay at a steady rate, is called radiometric dating.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Often he had to borrow or patch together equipment in order to pursue his radiometric dating of rocks.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson