Radiocarbon age anomalies in land snail shells from Texas: Ontogenetic, individual, and geographic patterns of variation

Radiocarbon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Goodfriend, Glenn A ^a   Ellis, G Lain ^b   Toolin, L J ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Affairs Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANOMALY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL; SNAIL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

RABDOTUS ALTERNATUS; RABDOTUS DEALBATUS;

EID: 0033451572     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200019500     Document Type: Article

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