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. |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
| Supplemental Content | GeoScienceWorld |
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| Other author/creator | McKibben, Michael A., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Shanks, Wayne C., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Ridley, W. Ian, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Society of Economic Geologists (U.S.), issuing body. |
| Series | Reviews 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 note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2016). |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781887483513 |
| ISBN | 9781629490144 (ebook) : |