Early diagenesis impact on precise U-series dating of deep-sea corals: Example of a 100-200-year old Lophelia pertusa sample from the northeast Atlantic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4865-4879

  Pons Branchu, Edwige ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a   Deschamps, Pierre ^a   Ghaleb, Bassam ^a   Sinclair, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 27644566972     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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