Dating

In geologia e palaeontology, l’insieme delle ricerche volte a stabilire the absolute age of fossils and rock formations, as well as the duration of geological time. This research is based on various methods, each of which can cover a time span of varying length. Some of these methods are also used to date finds in paleontology and archaeology.

There are two main types: relative dating,, che which allows us to determine the chronological order of past events by establishing whether a artifact, fossil, or rock layer is older or younger than another, thereby enabling us to reconstruct the temporal sequence of events, and absolute dating, which allows us to determine the chronological age of a find or a geological formation in years, indicating the exact amount of time that has elapsed since its formation or since the specific event.