Dating - Dating methods chart - What kind of material is measured?
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Dendrochronology (what kind of material is measured?)
- Wood
- 100 rings necessary
Varve chronology (what kind of material is measured?)
Milankovitch cycles (what kind of material is measured?)
- Marine carbonate
- Continental carbonate
- Pollen
- Ice cores
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Cosmogenic nuclides (what kind of material is measured?)
Radiocarbon (what kind of material is measured?)
U-Th / U-series (what kind of material is measures?)
- Carbonates
- Particularly precipitated calcium carbonates found in cave stones (stalactites, stalagmites, etc.)
- Coral deposits
- Bone and shell
- Are less reliable
K-Ar and Argon-Argon (what kind of material is measured?)
Thermoluminescence (what kind of material is measured?)
- Minerals such as quartz and feldspars
- Present in materials such as soil, ceramics or heated stone
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