Dating open systems by the 238U-234U-230Th method: Application to Quaternary reef terraces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-118

  Villemant, B ^a   Feuillet, N ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Labde Tecton/Mecande la Lithosphe   (France)

Author keywords

Corals; Recoil processes; Sea level changes; U series disequilibrium; U Th dating; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DATING METHOD; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PALMYRA ISLAND;

EID: 0037677668     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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