{"id":5576,"date":"2026-06-23T11:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=5576"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:58:25","slug":"datazione","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/datazione\/","title":{"rendered":"Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5576\" class=\"elementor elementor-5576\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd260e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9bd260e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec99601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec99601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">der. dal lat. dare &quot;dare, assegnare&quot;<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f2795 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"01f2795\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6209ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6209ecc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In geologia e <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Paleontologia&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;dal gr. &pi;&alpha;&lambda;&alpha;&iota;&#972;&sigmaf; (palai&ograve;s) &amp;quot;antico&amp;quot;, &#8036;&nu; (&#7761;n) &amp;quot;essere, creatura&amp;quot; e &lambda;&#972;&gamma;&omicron;&sigmaf; (l&ograve;gos) &amp;quot;studio&amp;quot;. Branca delle scienze naturali che studia gli esseri viventi vissuti nel passato geologico e i loro ambienti di vita sulla Terra&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/paleontologia\/\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>paleontologia<\/a>, l&rsquo;insieme delle ricerche volte a stabilire <strong>l&rsquo;et&agrave; assoluta<\/strong> dei fossili e delle formazioni rocciose, oltre che la <strong>durata<\/strong> dei tempi geologici. Esse si fondano su diversi metodi, ciascuno dei quali pu&ograve; coprire un intervallo di tempo pi&ugrave; o meno lungo. Alcuni di tali metodi sono anche adottati per datare reperti in paletnologia e in archeologia.<\/p><p>Ne esistono due principali tipologie: quella<strong>&nbsp;relativa<\/strong>, che <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">permette di determinare l&rsquo;ordine cronologico degli eventi passati, stabilendo se un reperto, fossile o strato roccioso &egrave; pi&ugrave; antico o pi&ugrave; recente rispetto a un altro, permettendo di ricostruire<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> la <strong>successione temporale<\/strong> degli eventi, e quella<strong> assoluta<\/strong>, che permette di determinare l&rsquo;et&agrave; cronologica di un reperto o di una formazione geologica in anni, indicando il <strong>tempo esatto<\/strong> trascorso dalla sua formazione o dall&rsquo;evento specifico.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8320df0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8320df0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a54e23 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3a54e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9396c59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9396c59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d0b24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d0b24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sfoglia le slide di approfondimento<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89db2f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89db2f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e75577b elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpress_pdf\" data-id=\"e75577b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpress_pdf.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ep-doc-1779ed3d3d85946d83c0b3fe93fe4be8 ose-document emebedpress-unit-percent \" data-thememode=\"default\" data-customcolor=\"\" data-toolbar=\"yes\" data-toolbar-position=\"top\" data-open=\"no\" data-presentation-mode=\"yes\" data-download=\"yes\" data-copy=\"yes\" data-add-image=\"yes\" data-rotate=\"yes\" data-details=\"yes\" data-id=\"embedpress-pdf-e75577b\" data-selection-tool=\"0\" data-scrolling=\"0\" data-spreads=\"-1\" style=\" max-width:100%; 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Branca delle scienze naturali che studia gli esseri viventi vissuti nel passato geologico e i loro ambienti di vita sulla Terra&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/paleontologia\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">paleontologia<\/a>, l&rsquo;insieme delle ricerche volte a stabilire l&rsquo;et&agrave; assoluta dei fossili e delle formazioni rocciose, oltre che la durata dei tempi geologici. Esse si fondano su diversi metodi, ciascuno dei quali pu&ograve; coprire un intervallo di tempo pi&ugrave; o meno lungo. 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