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Origin: Greek suffix -ology

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A geochronological technique that uses discrete layers of tephra to create a chronological framework in which paleoenvironmental or archaeological records can be placed.

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archaeological paleoenvironmental tephra tephrochronologist tephrochronological technique chronological tephrochronologically
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Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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