An open-system model for U-series age determinations of fossil corals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 365-381

  Thompson, William G ^a   Spiegelman, Marc W ^a,b   Goldstein, Steven L ^a   Speed, Robert C ^c  

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

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

recoil; Coral; Geochronology; U series

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0038692022     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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