potassium-argon dating

noun

Definitions

  1. A method of estimating the age of igneous rocks or of archaeological objects by measuring…

    A method of estimating the age of igneous rocks or of archaeological objects by measuring the amount of argon that has built up through the radioactive decay of potassium.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for potassium-argon dating. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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