uranium-thorium dating

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Scope note
Radiometric dating method which measures the age of igneous calcium carbonate materials. The technique calculates the degree to which radioactive thorium-230 isotopes within a sample have reestablished secular equilibrium with their parent uranium-234 isotopes.
uranium-thorium dating
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024