ablation age

A Dictionary of Astronomy | Date: 1997

ablation age The period of time since the outer glassy layers of a tektite solidified following ablation during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The ablation ages of known tektites vary from about 600 000 to 35 million years.


© A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997.

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