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Scientific Discipline Cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating

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A researcher collects a rock sample for dating

Research Spotlight 7 February 2019

More Evidence Humans Migrated to the Americas via Coastal Route

A new chronology shows that ice-free areas existed along the British Columbia coast earlier than previously thought.
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Geochronology in Greenland

Project Update 13 December 2018

A Deeper Investment for Deep Time Science

Seven proposals recently funded by the National Science Foundation will ensure more access to laboratories that specialize in geochronology.
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Nonglacial upland surface in the mountains of northern Sweden.

Meeting Report 28 November 2016

Deciphering the Cosmogenic Code to Learn Earth's Surface History

Third Nordic Workshop on Cosmogenic Nuclide Techniques; Stockholm, Sweden, 8–10 June 2016
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Water flows along a knickpoint in the Luquillo Mountains.

Research Spotlight 1 July 2016

How Do Tropical Forests Slow Knickpoints in Rivers?

Using Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains as a case study, scientists use the region's geological history to study how knickpoints—areas where there's a sharp change in the river's slope—move over time.
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Opinion 28 December 2015

Geochronology: It's About Time

Chronology is at the heart of all geosciences, but its ubiquity has given it an image of a useful tool rather than a foundational discipline of its own.
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