Relating to the science of determining the age of geological materials and events using various dating methods.
From geochronology + -ic suffix. Formalized in scientific terminology in the 20th century as dating techniques revolutionized geology.
Geochronologic methods—like measuring radioactive decay—turned geology from a descriptive science into one that could actually assign dates to Earth's history, totally revolutionizing the field.
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