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What is a varve?

What is a varve? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
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Cosmogenic-nuclide and varve chronologies for the deglaciation of southern New England.
Thirty-six couplets were distinguished in the stratified calcareous clayey silt between 700 and 670 cm, however, varve counting in these rhythmites was aggravated.
Each annual layer, known as a varve, contains organic evidence of the earth's climate and ocean temperatures for the year it was deposited, Briskin says.
To varve, turn roast on a cut end and slice meat away from rack of bones.
Llanquihue Lake's varves are a node point in southern Chile's varve geochronology.
In Sweden, by contrast, it has been possible to tie a glacial varve chronology to present time, and so create a truly absolute dating technique.

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