A statistical study of 238U and 234U/238U distributions in coral samples from the Egyptian shoreline of the north-western Red Sea and in fossil mollusk shells from the Atlantic coast of high atlas in Morocco: Implications for 230Th/234U dating

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Choukri, Abdelmajid ^a   Reyss, Jean Louis ^a   Hakam, Oum Keltoum ^a   Plaziat, Jean Claude ^a  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast of High Atlas; Coral; Egyptian shoreline of Red Sea; Mollusc shells; Quaternary; Sea level; U series dating

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 204; THALLIUM 230; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CORAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MOLLUSC; MOROCCO; RADIOASSAY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036420520     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2002.90.6.329     Document Type: Article

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