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

Title
Nature's clocks [electronic resource] : how scientists measure the age of almost everything / Doug Macdougall.
Author
Macdougall, J. D., 1944-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 271 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Nature's clocks (Online)
Alternative Title
Nature's clocks (Online)
Subject
  • Geochronometry
  • Geological time
  • Radioisotopes in geology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2007046955
OCLC
ssj0000208870
Author
Macdougall, J. D., 1944-
Title
Nature's clocks [electronic resource] : how scientists measure the age of almost everything / Doug Macdougall.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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