U-Th isotope systematics from the Soreq cave, Israel and climatic correlations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 141-155

  Kaufman, A ^a,b   Wasserburg, G J ^a   Porcelli, D ^a   Bar Matthews, M ^c   Ayalon, A ^c   Halicz, L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caves; Isotopes; Paleoclimatology; Speleothems; Th 230; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNAY; SPELEOTHEM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031927135     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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