High-resolution mapping of uranium and other trace elements in recrystallized aragonite-calcite speleothems from caves in the Pyrenees (France): Implication for U-series dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 911-923

  Ortega, Richard ^a   Maire, Richard ^b   Devès, Guillaume ^a   Quinif, Yves ^c  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcite; Diagenesis; Microprobe analysis; Speleothem; U series dating

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; DIAGENESIS; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; SPELEOTHERM; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CALCITE; CAVES; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; STRONTIUM; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

URANIUM;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; WORLD;

EID: 24144487450     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.045     Document Type: Article

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