Simple liquid-liquid extraction of U and Th in tracer amounts from phosphate matrix for dating purposes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^a   Hurum, Jerry ^b   Alstad, Jorolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Dyno Industrier A S   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bone; Dating; Liquid liquid extraction; Phosphate; Teeth; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BONE; LIQUID/LIQUID EXTRACTION; PHOSPHATE; TEETH; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0030760478     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00157-X     Document Type: Article

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