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What is chronostratigraphy?

What is chronostratigraphy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) the interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages, and time sequence of rock strata
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Chronostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy that places an absolute age, rather than a relative age on rock strata.
A tentative correlation with a Tethyan reference carbon-isotope curve allows the provisional application of stage-level chronostratigraphy to the Wealden Group.

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