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fission-track dating

Syllabification: (fis·sion-track dat·ing)
Definition of fission-track dating

noun

Geology
  • a technique for establishing the age of a mineral sample from its uranium content. It involves microscopically counting tracks produced by uranium fission fragments and then establishing the existing concentration of uranium by counting again after irradiating the sample with neutrons.

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