Comparison of U-Th, paleomagnetism, and cosmogenic burial methods for dating caves: Implications for landscape evolution studies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 388-403

  Stock, Greg M ^a,f   Granger, Darryl E ^b   Sasowsky, Ira D ^c   Anderson, Robert S ^d   Finkel, Robert C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Cosmogenic nuclides; Geochronology; Landscape evolution; Paleomagnetism; Sierra Nevada; Uranium series

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEVELOPMENT; INCISION RATES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CAVES; DEPOSITION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 22144472929     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.024     Document Type: Article

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