Detailed mass spectrometric U-series analyses of two teeth from the archaeological site of Pech de l'Aze II: Implications for uranium migration and dating

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1301-1310

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Yan, Ge ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^a   Mortimer, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dating; Teeth; Th U; Uranium migration

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0343484943     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0371     Document Type: Article

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