U-series dating of diagenetically altered fossil reef corals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-178

  Scholz, Denis ^a   Mangini, Augusto ^a   Felis, Thomas ^b  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coral; Diagenesis; Geochronology; Sea level changes; U series disequilibrium; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0942267313     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00647-2     Document Type: Article

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