See Also: Time period principle or accounting period assumption(finance)
T-period holding-period return(money)
T-period holding-period return(finance)
period(1)(dictionary)
Period certain(finance)
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Net period(money)
Period(medicine)
Net period(finance)
Period(money)

komatiite (iou) and period (sh)


komatiite (iou)



komatiite noun. M20.
[from Komati river in southern Africa + -ITE1.]
Geology. Any of a class of ultramafic extrusive igneous rocks typically displaying a distinctive texture of criss-crossing sheaves of elongated crystals of olivine.
komatiitic adjective L20.

period (sh)




In geology, the basic unit of the geologic time scale.

During these spans of time, specific systems of rocks were formed. Originally, the method for defining the sequence of periods was relative; it was based on stratigraphy and paleontology. Carbon-14 Dating and similar methods are now used to determine absolute ages for various periods.