In lichenometry, a lichen is presumed to grow radially at a specific, constant rate: this rate is used to estimate the age of the largest lichen on a rock surface, and thus the length of time the rock has been exposed.
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Lichenometry
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Dutch
1 entries- lichenometrie noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
French
1 entries- lichénométrie noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
German
1 entries- Lichenometrie noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
Italian
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Norwegian
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Polish
1 entries- lichenometria noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
Portuguese
1 entries- liquenometria noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
Swedish
1 entries- lichenometri noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
Welsh
3 entries- cenfesureg noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
- cenfetreg noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
- dyddio cen noun (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
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The sophistication of approach to lichenometry has increased markedly in the last decade or two.
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Lichenometry is a surface-exposure dating method that uses lichen-growth rates to infer the age of young ([a] few thousand years old or younger) glacial landforms, typically bouldery deposits such as moraines.[…]Several approaches have been employed to measure lichens, and a distinct advantage of lichenometry over other techniques is its simplicity (Bradwell, 2009).
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Lichenometry is a dating method which is based upon the direct relationship between lichen diameter and age.
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