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  • Morrison Formation
    dating
    / Technical advances

    …the use of highly sensitive thermal ionization mass spectrometers is replacing the counting techniques employed in some disequilibrium dating. Not only has this led to a reduction in sample size and measurement errors, but it also has permitted a whole new range of problems to be investigated. Certain parent-daughter isotopes…

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    …the use of highly sensitive thermal ionization mass spectrometers is replacing the counting techniques employed in some disequilibrium dating. Not only has this led to a reduction in sample size and measurement errors, but it also has permitted a whole new range of problems to be investigated. Certain parent-daughter isotopes…

    Read More