231Pa and 230Th contamination at zero age: A possible limitation on U/Th series dating of speleothem material

Chemical Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 359-366

  Whitehead, N E ^a   Ditchburn, R G ^a   Williams, P W ^a   McCabe, W J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Aragonite; New Zealand; Pa 231; Speleothem; Th; Th 230; U; U 234

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0033009083     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00192-2     Document Type: Article

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