Late Holocene radiocarbon and aspartic acid racemization dating of deep-sea octocorals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2806-2814

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a   Scott, David B ^a   Risk, Michael J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CORAL; HOLOCENE; RACEMIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; GERARDIA; GORGONIA; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS;

EID: 33646394362     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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