Dating Methods
archaeometry
chronometric dating
relative dating
layered
sedimentary
ice core dating
GISP2 ice core
GISP2 isotope record
GRIP ice core
isotopic stratigraphy
laminated
sediments
loess
magneto-stratigraphy
sapropel
markers
sedimentation
rate chronology
stalactite
deposition
stratigraphy
chronostratigraphy
formations
geologic
chronology
Lacustrine
Sediment Cores
lithostratigraphy
sediment
deposition
Tectonostratigraphy
tephrochronology
event stratigraphy
varve
analysis *
alunite
accumulation
deposition
desert varnish
patination
relative patination
biological
growth
dendrochronology
*
tree ring
analysis
coral dating
lichen
seasonal
growth layers
tusk ring
analysis
biostratigraphy
fossil
reconstruction
index fossil
diatom dating
paleolimnology
limnological
foraminifera
nannofossil
stratigraphy
ostracode
assemblage
palynology
pollen
profiles
radiolarian
analysis
species change
erosive change
microwear
analysis
differential
weathering
hydrogen depth
profile
hydrogen
concentration v. depth
obsidian hydration
*
obsidian
diffusion by SIMS
superimposition of
images
Molecular
amino acid racemization *
L-amino/D-amino ratio
ostrich
eggshell dating
eggshell
dating
aragonite/calcite
ratios
cation
ratio dating
calcium/potassium
leaching
Chemical transformations
contextual
placement
DNA analysis
prehistoric
gene mapping
physical
anthropology DNA analysis
rh
gene mapping
fluorine analysis
*
nitrogen/fluorine
analysis
geochemical
immunological
macromolecular
dating
nitrogen
oxidizable
carbon ratio *
pigment
stable isotope
analysis
total carbonate
Radioisotope
26Al
argon-40/argon-39
dating *
Ar39
10Be/9Be ratio
Ca41
radiocalcium
dating
36Cl
radiochlorine
cosmic ray
exposure age
cosmogenic
chronology
Cs137
fission track
dating *
helium-lead dating
isotopic analysis
40K
81Kr
marine isotope
stage (MIS)
Ne-21
oxygen isotope
radio-oxygen
18O
231Pa, 230Th
210Pb
potassium-argon *
K-Ar
Protactinium
226Ra
226Ra/230Th
radiocarbon dating
*
accelerator mass
spectrometer
AMS
beta particle
decays
carbon 14 dating
14C
radiogenic
nitrogen
radiometric dating
chemical isotope
dating
230Th
230Th/232Th
tritium
H3
uranium/thorium *
230TH/234U
234U-excess dating
238U-230Th-226Ra
Electronic
electron spin
resonance *
ESR
neutron activation
optically
stimulated luminescence *
OSL
luminescence
optical dating
paleomagnetic
dating *
archaeomagnetic
dating
geomagnetic
reversal time scale
GRTS
thermoluminescence
dating *
TL
x-ray diffraction
x-ray fluorescence
Morphological
artifact change
artifact time
marker
index types
seriation
TYPOLOGY
growth change
age/maturity
analysis
lichenometry
lichen
growth analysis
spatial change
geochronology
Dansgaard-Oeschger
Events
deglaciation
chronology
Heinrich events
paleothermometry
thermochronometry
geomorphology
hydrograph
ice flow
models
natural
catastrophe
paleogeographical
image change
astronomical
dating *
content
comparison
Cultural
cultural
affiliation dating
forensic time and
date analysis
image dating
relationship of
image to datable materials
style
migration analysis
physical
anthropology
written records