biochronology

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Biochronology is a method used in geochronology to determine the age and history of Earth's rocks and rock assemblages. It relies on the study of fossil organisms preserved12

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Triassic Period
Correlation of Triassic strata
…techniques of superposition, lithology, and biochronology—must be used for correlation. Of these three tools, biochronology, the dating of rock strata according to the known succession of fossilized life-forms found within them, has traditionally been regarded as the most accurate and reliable, although more modern methods of sequence stratigraphy are improving…
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…techniques of superposition, lithology, and biochronology—must be used for correlation. Of these three tools, biochronology, the dating of rock strata according to the known succession of fossilized life-forms found within them, has traditionally been regarded as the most accurate and reliable, although more modern methods of sequence stratigraphy are improving…
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