227Th/230Th dating method: Methodology and application to Chinese speleothem samples

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 699-707

  Shen, Guanjun ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

CALCITE; CAVE; CAVE CALCITE; SPELEOTHEM; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0030498271     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(96)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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