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  • radiometric

    Radiometric is pertaining to the measurement of geologic time by the analysis of certain radioisotopes in rocks and their known rates of decay.

    Learn more about radiometric dating.

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    (Image courtesy of Harmon D. Maher, Jr., Univ. of New England)