An unsuccessful attempt at U/Th dating of soil calcretes from the Doukkâli area (western Morocco) and environmental implications

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-356

  Branca, Maria ^a   Masi, U ^b   Voltaggio, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcretes; Doukk li; U Th dating; Western Morocco

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AFRICA; DOUKKALI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26944436600     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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