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Geochronology means dating of geological events. Although this expression was first used for geological time estimates, based on sedimentation rates, this term is now commonly applied to geological dating, based on radioactive decay and spontaneous fission.
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Jäger, E. (1979). Introduction to Geochronology. In: Jäger, E., Hunziker, J.C. (eds) Lectures in Isotope Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67161-6_1
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