Investigation of the ingrowth of radioactive daughters of 238U in Mediterranean sapropels as a potential dating tool

Chemical Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 317-330

  Severmann, Silke ^a   Thomson, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

230Th U series dating; Isochron; Mediterranean sapropels; Post depositional diagenesis; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DIAGENESIS; RADIOACTIVITY; SAPROPEL; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032470137     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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