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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.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 271 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Geochronometry.
Geological time.
Radioisotopes in geology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520249752 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520249755 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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