A high-resolution radiocarbon calibration between 11,700 and 12,400 calendar years BP derived from 230Th ages of corals from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu

Radiocarbon

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1093-1105

  Burr, G S ^a   Beck, J Warren ^a   Taylor, F W ^b   Récy, Jacques ^c   Edwards, R Lawrence ^d   Cabioch, Guy ^c   Corrège, Thierry ^c   Donahue, D J ^a   O'Malley, J M ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

VANUATU;

EID: 0032420950     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200019147     Document Type: Article

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