Use of 210Pb/226Ra disequilibria in the dating of deep-sea whale falls

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-289

  Schuller, Daniel ^a   Kadko, David ^b   Smith, Craig R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Radiochemistry; Whale bones; Whale falls

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; DATING METHOD; DISEQUILIBRIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HABITAT; TIME SERIES; WHALE;

EID: 1142293199     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00690-3     Document Type: Article

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