Uranium-series ages of travertines and timing of the last glaciation in the northern yellowstone area, wyoming-montana

Quaternary Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 265-277

  Sturchio, Neil C ^a   Pierce, Kenneth L ^b   Murrell, Michael T ^c   Sorey, Michael L ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIATION; TRAVERTINE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-SERIES DATING;

USA, MONTANA, YELLOWSTONE; USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE;

EID: 0028328081     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1994.1030     Document Type: Article

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