Ancient meteorite finds and the Earth's surface environment

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-142

  Bland, Philip A ^a   Bevan, Alex W R ^a   Jull, A J Tim ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; METEORITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0034104532     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2106     Document Type: Article

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