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Chronological Methods - Dating
GEOCHRONOLOGY (4.03 BILLION YEARS TO PRESENT) - Central Division, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images).
"A wide variety of geochronological tools or methods can be employed to
estimate quantitative and qualitative dating of rocks and sediments..."
For more information see
Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Tracer Studies;
Scientific Capabilities or the
Central Division, USGS
GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE (544 MILLION YEARS AGO TO PRESENT) - Cascades Volcano
Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey
Multimedia Tutorials (Text, Images & Movies).
For more information see
Glossary of Hazards, Features, Phenomena, Processes, Events, Topics, & Terminology or the
Cascades Volcano Observatory
GEOLOGICAL TIME MACHINE (544 MILLION YEARS AGO TO PRESENT) - University of California, Berkeley
For more information see the
University of California Museum of Paleontology or
Museum Informatics Projects
THE RECORD OF TIME: CHRONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES - D. O'Neil, Anthropology,
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Palomar College
Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images).
For more information see
Anthropology Tutorials or the
Anthropology Home Page
CHRONOLOGICAL METHODS - G.H. Michaels & B.M. Fagan, ArchServe, University of California at Santa Barbara
Multimedia Tutorials (Text, Images & Movies).
For more information see
Anthropology 3 or
ArchServe
Some examples of Tutorials with Movies include
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY (AMS) - Accelerator
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory,
Department of Physics, Univeristy of Arizona
"...used primarily to provide radiocarbon measurements.
Radiocarbon is well known for its use in age dating
of many kinds of materials. The method is applicable
to almost any carbonaceous material which formed
in the last 50,000 years..."
For more information see
Department of Physics
ATOM TRAP TRACE ANALYSIS (ATTA) - Zheng-Tian Lu,
Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA),
Argonne National Laboratory
"...ATTA is based on techniques of laser manipulation of neutral atoms..."
"...Isotope Separation: The atom trap is a wonderful isotope separator because it only traps atoms of a particular isotope when the laser frequency is tuned to its resonance position..."
For more information see
Zheng-Tian Lu's Home Page;
Medium Energy Physics;
ANL Physics Division or the
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
AMINO ACID GEOCHRONOLOGY (AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION) - Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory,
Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images).
For more information see the
Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory
CROSSDATING TREE RINGS USING SKELETON
PLOTTING (JAVA APPLET) - P. Sheppard,
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"...online tutorial, teaches you the basic technique
of crossdating using the "skeleton plot" method..."
For more information see
Crossdating Tree Rings Using Skeleton Plotting Instructions or the
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
DATING STONEHENGE - English Hertiage's Archaeology Division (Ancient Monuments Laboratory), Central
Computer and Telecommunications Agency, Government Information Service, U.K.
Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images)
For more information see
English Hertiage
RADIOCARBON DATING - Author: T. Higham, Radiocarbon Dating Lab., University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images).
Includes: Basis of the Method; Applications; Sample Submission; Pretreatment;
Measurement Methods; Date Calculation; Corrections of C14 Dates; Calibration and much more.
For more information see
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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