Astrochronology

Astrochronology is the dating of sedimentary units by calibration with astronomically tuned timescales, such as Milankovic cycles,[1][2] or even sunspot cycles. When used in concert with radiometric dating, it allows the resolution of timescales to a high degree of accuracy. If orbital precession cycles are identified, the dating error can be as low as 21,000 years.

References

  1. ↑ W. Krijgsman, A. R. Fortuinb, F. J. Hilgen and F. J. Sierrod (2001). "Astrochronology for the Messinian Sorbas basin (SE Spain) and orbital (precessional) forcing for evaporite cyclicity". Sedimentary Geology 140: 43. Bibcode:2001SedG..140...43K. doi:10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00171-8.
  2. ↑ Meyers, S.R. (2008). "Resolving Milankovitchian controversies: The Triassic Latemar Limestone and the Eocene Green River Formation". Geology 36 (4): 319–322. doi:10.1130/G24423A.1.