Direct U-Th dating of organic- and carbonate-rich lake sediments from southern Scandinavia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 251-263

  Israelson, Carsten ^a,b   Björck, Svante ^b   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a   Possnert, Göran ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake sediments; Scandinavia; U 234 Th 230; U 238 U 234

Indexed keywords

DATING; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0031408393     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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