"rubidium-strontium" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (attributive) Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87. Wikipedia link: Rubidium-strontium dating Tags: attributive, uncountable Categories (topical): Radioactivity, Rubidium, Strontium Synonyms: Rb-Sr
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