"concordia diagram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: concordia diagrams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} concordia diagram (plural concordia diagrams)
  1. (geology, geochronology) Any of several types of diagram, used in connection with uranium–lead dating, in which each axis encodes differently sourced information about the radiometric age of the mineral being dated. Categories (topical): Geology Hyponyms: Tera–Wasserburg diagram, Tera–Wasserburg concordia diagram, Wetherill diagram, Wetherill concordia diagram Related terms: errorchron, isochron, isochron diagram Translations (type of diagram used in uranium–lead dating): Konkordia-Diagramm [neuter] (German)

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          "text": "A concordia diagram is simply a plot of ^{₂₀₆}Pb^{\\ast}/^{₂₃₈}U versus ^{₂₀₇}Pb^{\\ast}/^{₂₃₅}U; that is, the number of atoms of radiogenic daughter produced to the number of atoms of radioactive parent. You should satisfy yourself that both of these ratios are proportional to time. In essence, the concordia diagram is a plot of the ^{₂₃₈}U-\\!^{₂₀₆}Pb age against the ^{₂₃₅}U-\\!^{₂₀₇}Pb age. The concordia curve on such a diagram[…]is the locus of points where the ^{₂₃₈}U-\\!^{₂₀₆}Pb age equals the ^{₂₃₅}U-\\!^{₂₀₇}Pb age. Such ages are said to be concordant.",
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