Applications of microanalytical techniques to understanding mineralizing processes / contributors, Michael A. McKibben, W.C. Shanks III, and W. Ian Ridley.

Format Electronic
Publication[Littleton, Colorado] : Society of Economic Geologists, 1997.
Description1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Supplemental ContentGeoScienceWorld
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Other author/creatorMcKibben, Michael A., editor.
Other author/creatorShanks, Wayne C., editor.
Other author/creatorRidley, W. Ian, editor.
Other author/creatorSociety of Economic Geologists (U.S.), issuing body.
SeriesReviews in economic geology ; volume 7
Reviews in economic geology ; volume 7. ^A190746
Summary While observational techniques make it possible to place geological events in time order, they do not provide an absolute measure of time itself. The measurement of absolute time in geology - geochronology - requires a quantifiable physical process that takes place continuously at a known rate from the time of the event to be dated to the present day. To measure absolute geologic time, a continuous and unidirectional process is needed. The most widely utilized of such processes is natural radioactivity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Spec. audience char. Specialized.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2016).
Issued in other formPrint version : 9781887483513
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