Uranium-series and radiocarbon dating of speleothems - Methods and limitations

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Hercman, Helena ^a   Goslar, Tomasz ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Radiocarbon dating; Speleothems; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0142122875     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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