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Clocks in the rocks
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Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney |
Discusses the divisions of time used by geologists to record earth's history and includes information on fossils, radioactive dating, and prehistoric life. |
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Geochronology, Dating, and Precambrian Time
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John P. Rafferty |
A diverse range of organisms and rock formations have survived for many millennia, originating prior to the emergence of human life forms. These geological formations reveal much about Earth's climat… |
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Ages, geochemistry and metamorphism of the neoarchean basement in Shandong province
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Wu, Meiling (Researcher on earth sciences) |
Focusing on issues of when and how Archean crust in the craton was formed, this PhD thesis book presents major research outcomes of field based metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological investiga… |
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A natural history of time
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Pascal Richet |
A history of how the Earth's age was determined by the ancient Greeks (eternal) through the Judaeo-Christian tradition (a handful of millennia) to particle physics (4.5 billion years). |
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The Age of Everything
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Matthew Hedman |
Taking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Here, he shows how scientists have determined the age of everyt… |
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