English-Finnish translations for geochronology

• geokronologia

Definition of geochronology

• The science of dating samples of rock or sediment
• Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined

Examples

• Geochronology allows us to see more precisely how the world has evolved.
• The history of the East–Antarctic shield has been uncovered through uranium–lead geochronology.

Related words

• geochronometry
• geochronologic
• geochronologist