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li|chen|om|e|try
li|chen|om|e|try «LY kuh NOM uh tree», noun.
the measurement of the diameter of lichens to establish their age or the age of the area in which they grow: »

Although not as precise or reliable as other methods of dating neoglacial moraines, lichenometry has proved to be particularly useful in certain non-forested arctic and alpine regions and, under ideal circumstances, is applicable over intervals as great as 4,000 years (Scientific American).


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