Calcified microbial mats date prehistoric canals - Radiocarbon assay of organic extracts from travertine

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-50

  Winsborough, Barbara M ^a   Caran, S Christoper ^b   Neely, James A ^c   Valastro Jr , Salvatore ^c  

^a Winsborough Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCITE; CANAL; CARBONATE; ENCRUSTATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 0002821207     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199601)11:1<37::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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