Uranium concentration and isotope ratio profiles within Mercenaria shells: Geochronological implications

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3735-3746

  Kaufman, A ^a   Ghaleb, B ^b   Wehmiller, J F ^c   Hillaire Marcel, C ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERCENARIA; SHELL; SHELLS; URANIUM;

ATLANTIC;

MERCENARIA;

EID: 0030433815     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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