Etymology

Tera–Wasserburg diagram

Today it means: A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of uranium–lead dating, whose axes are the ratios ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²³⁸U/²⁰⁶Pb. Full definition →

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The story

Named after geologists Fouad Tera and G. J. Wasserburg. From circa 1972.

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