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Relative Dating

Relative Dating is a stratigraphic dating method that establishes the chronological order of geological events and rock units by comparing their relative positions and relationships in the stratigraphic record, without assigning them specific numerical ages.

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350

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2017–2026

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Relative Chronology

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128

238U234U230Th232Th systematics and the precise measurement of time over the past 500,000 years

R. Lawrence Edwards, J. H. Chen, G. J. Wasserburg · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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The age of Alu subfamilies

Vladimir V. Kapitonov, Jerzy Jurkal · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1996 · 299 citations

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Reconstructing Holocene geomagnetic field variation: new methods, models and implications

Andreas Nilsson, R. Holme, Monika Korte et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 2014 · 251 citations · Full text

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Yarkovsky/YORP chronology of asteroid families

David Vokrouhlický, M. Brož, W. F. Bottke et al. · Icarus · 2006 · 186 citations

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Uranium isotope compositions of the basaltic angrite meteorites and the chronological implications for the early Solar System

G. A. Brennecka, M. Wadhwa · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 171 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PW
    Peter W. Birkeland

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    5 publications · 368 citations

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  2. GJ
    G. J. Wasserburg

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. DM
    Danny McCarroll

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 142 citations

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  4. SW
    Stefan Winkler

    University of Würzburg, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. FB
    Fiona Brock

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

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Institutions

183

  1. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    300 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    322 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    79 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  5. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    350 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    285 citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    4K citations

  8. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    285 citations

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  1. Arctic and Alpine Research

    7 publications · 328 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    4 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    4 publications · 153 citations

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  4. The Holocene

    3 publications · 156 citations

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  5. Geomorphology

    3 publications · 136 citations

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