Electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques applied to mollusc shells from South America (Chile, Argentina) and implications for palaeo sea-level curve

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 465-475

  Schellmann, Gerhard ^a   Radtke, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DISCREPANCY; ESR DATING; MARINE MOLLUSC; RADIOCARBON DATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CURVE;

ARGENTINA; CHILE;

EID: 0030620025     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00104-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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