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Article: Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic record with Petrology and Textures.(Book Review)
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- Geoscience Canada
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- September 1, 2005
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In determining the age of minerals and rocks it is often possible to derive a precise number that can be interpreted as a date, it is another matter to accurately interpret the number in terms of the timing of a discrete geological event or process. This is the challenge addressed by the contributors to an edited volume in the Geological Society Special Publication series entitled Geochronology: Linking the isotopic record with petrology and textures. The volume consists of fourteen papers derived from a special symposium held at the 2002 Goldschmidt Conference in Davos, Switzerland.
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