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Record Nr.

UNINA9910341856803321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods [[electronic resource] /] / edited by W. Jack Rink, Jeroen Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

94-007-6326-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXX, 978 p. 1080 illus., 100 illus. in color.)

Collana

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, , 1388-4360

Disciplina

551.9

Soggetti

Paleontology 

Forensic Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

From the Content: 14C dating -- 4He/3He dating -- Acasta gneiss -- Accelerator mass spectrometry -- Alpha spectroscopy -- Alpine terranes (K-Ar/Ar-Ar) -- Amino acid -- Amino Acid Racemization dating -- Amino acids (14C) -- Apatite -- Apex chert -- Aquifer characteristics (U-series) -- Aquifer residence time (36Cl) -- Ar-Ar and K-Ar dating -- Arctic environment (AAR) -- Band structure -- Beta counter -- Big Bang -- Biostratigraphy -- Biostratigraphy (AAR) -- Bomb carbon -- Bones (Gamma spectrometry/U-series) -- Bones (U-series) -- Carbonate, lacustrine (U-series).

Sommario/riassunto

The main purpose of the volume is to provide a synthesis of (1) the physical and chemical bases of dating methods, and (2) the applications of dating methods to the geological sciences, biology, and archaeology. This volume will serve as the most comprehensive treatise of widely-accepted dating methods in the earth sciences and related fields. No other volume has a similar scope, in terms of methods and applications and particularly time range. Dating methods are used to determine the timing and rate of various processes, such as sedimentation (terrestrial and marine), tectonics, volcanism, geomorphological change, cooling rates, crystallization, fluid flow, glaciation, climate change and evolution. The volume includes applications in terrestrial and extraterrestrial settings, the burgeoning field of molecular clock dating and topics in the intersection of earth sciences with forensics. The contents aim for breadth in techniques and



applications. Included are all major accepted dating techniques and as well as all major datable materials. .