Nature's clocks how scientists measure the age of almost everything /

Macdougall, J. D., 1944-

Nature's clocks how scientists measure the age of almost everything / [electronic resource] : Doug Macdougall. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xi, 271 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.

No vestige of a beginning-- -- Mysterious rays -- Wild Bill's quest -- Changing perceptions -- Getting the lead out -- Dating the boundaries -- Clocking evolution -- Ghostly forests and Mediterranean volcanoes -- More and more from less and less.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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Geochronometry.
Geological time.
Radioisotopes in geology.


Electronic books.

QE508 / .M27 2008

551.7/01