Dating of caves by cosmogenic nuclides: Method, possibilities, and the siebenhengste example (Switzerland)

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Häuselmann, Philipp ^a,b   Granger, Darryl E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cave dating; Cosmogenic nuclides; Methodology; Siebenhengste; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; KARSTIFICATION; PLIOCENE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIEBENHENGSTE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745176557     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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