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Bilingual glossary of geology


Absolute Dating  Datation absolue
Dating method that uses naturally occurring radioactive elements to determine the age of a rock in actual number of years elapsed from the genetic geologic event until now (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Dating methods and geological time scale

Related words:
  Relative Dating