Petrochronology : methods and applications

• Other Authors: Kohn, Matthew J. (Editor), Engi, Martin (Editor), Lanari, Pierre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chantilly, Virginia : De Gruyter : Mineralogical Society of America, 2017.
• Series: Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry ; Volume 83.
• Subjects: Petrology.; Petroleum > Geology.; Geological time.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780939950058; 0939950057; 9783110561890; 3110561891
• ISSN: 1943-2666 ; 1943-2666
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (596 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Petrochronology is a rapidly emerging branch of Earth science that links time (ages or rates) with specific rock-forming processes and their physical conditions. It is founded in petrology and geochemistry, which define a petrogenetic context or delimit a specific process, to which chronometric data...