Rubidium-strontium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rubidium-strontium is a noun meaning (attributive) Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87.
Meaning
(attributive) Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87.
Example Sentences
Isotopic dating of meteorites using the rubidium-strontium system and others indicates that the most primitive rocks in the solar system are 4.56 billion years old, determined rather precisely.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include radiostrontium, rubidium, radiorubidium, strontian, strontium, strontia.
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