radiometric
Americanadjective
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relating to a radiometer or measured using a radiometer.
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relating to the dating of materials, often organic objects, through the measurement of radioactive isotopes.
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Geological Service data had revealed radiometric anomalies on the southern end of its mining claims suggesting the presence of rare earth elements.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
"We know that the first signs of real steel production date back to the 13th Century BC in present-day Turkey. The radiometric dates seem to prove that the Tamil Nadu samples are earlier," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
Six different dating techniques were applied to the cave sediments and fossils, producing 157 radiometric ages.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
Researchers were also surprised by how recently it lived: sometime between 241,000 to 335,000 years ago, based on radiometric dates on sediments above and below the remains.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2023
But even with radiometric dating, as decay measurements became known, it would be decades before we got within a billion years or so of Earth’s actual age.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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