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Copyright

Georgina E. King; Peter M. Abbott;

Published On

2025-02-25

Page Range

pp. 475–480

Language

  • English

Print Length

6 pages

28. Geochronological Methods

Chapter of: The Field Guide to Mixing Social and Biophysical Methods in Environmental Research(pp. 475–480)
Geochronological methods provide information on the timing, rates and frequency of environmental processes and events that occur over timescales that exceed laboratory measurements and/or human observation. This chapter discusses the principles of geochronological methods, their applications and limitations.

Contributors

Georgina E. King

(author)
Associate Professor of Quaternary Geochronology at University of Lausanne
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1059-8192

Peter M. Abbott

(author)
Advanced Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research at University of Bern
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-9499