U-Pb dating of a speleothem of Quaternary age

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 23-24, 1998, Pages 3683-3688

  Richards, David A ^a,c   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Cliff, Robert A ^a   Ströhle, Klaus ^a   Rowe, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0032469786     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00256-7     Document Type: Article

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