230Th/234U dating of Holocene tufas: Possibilities and problems

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 947-958

  Garnett, E R ^a   Gilmour, M A ^b   Rowe, P J ^a   Andrews, J E ^a   Preece, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; SAMPLING; STRATIGRAPHY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE TUFAS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; TUFA; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642383789     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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