fluorine-dating method

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• fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium

• fluorine dating — /ˈflʊərin deɪtɪŋ/ (say floouhreen dayting) noun a method of determining the age of objects of plant or animal origin by means of their content of fluorine absorbed from surrounding groundwater …  

• fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content. [1945 50] …   Useful english dictionary

• Fluorine absorption dating — is the use of fluorine to determine the duration of time an object found in the soil has been there. It is a relative dating technique, in comparison to absolute dating techniques like radiocarbon dating. Fluorine absorption dating can be carried …   Wikipedia

• Dating methodologies in archaeology — Dating material drawn from the archaeological record can be made by a direct study of an artifact or may be deduced by association with materials found in the context the item is drawn from or inferred by its point of discovery in the sequence… …   Wikipedia

• fluorine method — noun fluorine dating …   Wiktionary

• Radiometric dating — (often called radioactive dating) is a technique used to date materials such as rocks, usually based on a comparison between the observed abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope and its decay products, using known decay rates.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Radiocarbon dating — (sometimes simply known as carbon dating) is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon 14 (14C) to estimate the age of carbon bearing materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years.[1] Raw, i.e. uncalibrated …   Wikipedia

• Optical dating — is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight. It is useful to geologists and archaeologists who want to know when such an event occurred. Alternate names sometimes used are optically stimulated luminescence… …   Wikipedia

• Oakley, Kenneth — ▪ English anthropologist, geologist, and paleontologist born April 7, 1911, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Eng. died Nov. 2, 1981, Amersham       English physical anthropologist, geologist, and paleontologist best known for his work in the relative… …   Universalium

• geochronology — geochronologic /jee oh kron l oj ik/, geochronological, adj. geochronologist, n. /jee oh kreuh nol euh jee/, n. the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination. [1890 95; GEO + CHRONOLOGY] * * *… …   Universalium