Calibration of the14C time scale to δ 40 ka by234U-230Th dating of Lake Lisan sediments (last glacial Dead Sea)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 27-40

  Schramm, Alexandra ^a   Stein, Mordechai ^b   Goldstein, Steven L ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

C 14; Dead Sea; Geochronology; Jordan Valley; Uranium disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0034731846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00279-4     Document Type: Article

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