uranium series

American  

Also uranium-radium series

noun

Chemistry.

1. the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.

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uranium series British  

noun

1. physics a radioactive series that starts with uranium-238 and proceeds by radioactive decay to lead-206

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Example Sentences

Uranium series dating on the bone also gives it a minimum age of 146,000 years.

From Science Magazine

Aubert’s team found calcite crusts near the rear of the painted animal and used a technique called uranium series analysis to date them to at least 40,000 years old.

From The Guardian

They calculated its age by directly testing the bone using a technique called uranium series dating, which determines the age of a material by comparing levels of radioisotopes it contains.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next, the team used a technique called uranium series dating to gauge the bone’s age.

From Science Magazine

“I personally would never use uranium series dating of bones alone to assign age, it needs to be supported and consistent with other dating results,” said Dirk Hoffmann, an expert on uranium dating at Leipzig.

From The Guardian