ionium
chemical isotope
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use in ionium-thorium dating
- In ionium-thorium dating
ionium-thorium dating, method of establishing the time of origin of marine sediments according to the amount of ionium and thorium they contain.
Read More - In dating: Uranium-series disequilibrium dating
…time, however, uranium-234 decays to thorium-230, which results in a buildup of the latter in old corals and thereby provides a precise measure of time.
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