1. geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rubidium-strontium dating
n 1: geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive
rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive
rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years