Macdougall, J. D.

Nature's clocks how scientists measure the age of almost everything / [electronic resource] : Doug Macdougall - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008 - 1 online resource (xi, 271 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index

No vestige of a beginning-- -- Mysterious rays -- Wild Bill's quest -- Changing perceptions -- Getting the lead out -- Dating the boundaries -- Clocking evolution -- Ghostly forests and Mediterranean volcanoes -- More and more from less and less


Mode of access : Internet

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Geochronometry
Geological time
Radioisotopes in geology