lichenometry

English

Etymology

lichen +‎ -metry

Noun

lichenometry (uncountable)

(archaeology, paleontology, geomorphology) a geomorphic method of geochronologic dating that uses lichen growth to determine the age of exposed rock: lichens are presumed to increase in size radially at specific rates as they grow

Translations

geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth

Dutch: lichenometrie c
French: lichénométrie f
German: Lichenometrie f
Norwegian: lichenometri

Polish: lichenometria (pl) f
Portuguese: liquenometria f
Swedish: lichenometri
Welsh: cenfetreg f, cenfesureg f, dyddio cen m

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