radiometric
adjective
ra·dio·met·ric
ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈme-trik 
1
: relating to, using, or measured by a radiometer
2
: of or relating to the measurement of geologic time by means of the rate of disintegration of radioactive elements
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Based on radiometric dating of zircon grains preserved in tuff layers interbedded between the mudstone and amber beds, the entire sedimentary succession formed around 116 and 114 million years ago.
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Geologists use the ratio of these two elements like a radiometric clock to determine how old something is.
—Briana Pobiner, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The new discovery coincides with a 10 km x 5 km large airborne magnetic and radiometric potassic anomaly.
—Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
Scale: The new discovery coincides with a 10 km x 5 km large airborne magnetic and radiometric potassic anomaly (Figures 8 and 9).
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
The idea for radiometric dating first occurred to a New Zealand scientist named Ernest Rutherford in 1904.
—Isaac Skromne, The Conversation, 18 July 2022
The only close radiometric date in marine rocks is from when life began to recover after the extinction.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
The techniques produced 157 radiometric ages that were combined with eight sources of environmental and behavioral evidence.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
Ruiz-Redondo and his team are awaiting a full laboratory analysis of Cova Dones’ motifs—including radiometric dating of their crusty mineral coverings—but until then, a couple of logical approaches provide some clarity.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Geologists use the ratio of these two elements like a radiometric clock to determine how old something is.
—Briana Pobiner, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The new discovery coincides with a 10 km x 5 km large airborne magnetic and radiometric potassic anomaly.
—Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
Scale: The new discovery coincides with a 10 km x 5 km large airborne magnetic and radiometric potassic anomaly (Figures 8 and 9).
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
The idea for radiometric dating first occurred to a New Zealand scientist named Ernest Rutherford in 1904.
—Isaac Skromne, The Conversation, 18 July 2022
The only close radiometric date in marine rocks is from when life began to recover after the extinction.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
The techniques produced 157 radiometric ages that were combined with eight sources of environmental and behavioral evidence.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
Ruiz-Redondo and his team are awaiting a full laboratory analysis of Cova Dones’ motifs—including radiometric dating of their crusty mineral coverings—but until then, a couple of logical approaches provide some clarity.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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radiometric
adjective
ra·dio·met·ric
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈme-trik
: relating to, using, or measured by a radiometer
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