Concept information
Preferred term
potassium-argon dating
Definition(s)
- A radiometric dating technique based on the decay of 40 K to the daughter isotope 40 Ar, by electron capture. Together with argon-argon (Ar-40/Ar-39) dating, K-Ar dating is principally used to obtain the ages of potassium-rich minerals in volcanic lavas and tuffs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; potassium-argon dating]
Broader concept(s)
Belongs to group
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W7N429DV-R
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}