A comparable method uses varves […] where spans of time can be measured through counting varves, and also by radiocarbon dating plant or animal residues within the varves.
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Varve
//vɑɹv//
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Czech
1 entries- varva noun (an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock)
French
1 entries- varve noun (an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock)
Irish
1 entries- varbh noun (an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock)
Swedish
1 entries- varv noun (an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock)
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