Redundant 230Th/234U/238U, 231Pa/235U and 14C dating of fossil corals for accurate radiocarbon age calibration

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2431-2440

  Chiu, Tzu Chien ^a,b   Fairbanks, Richard G ^a,b   Mortlock, Richard A ^b   Cao, Li ^a   Fairbanks, Todd W ^a   Bloom, Arthur L ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SEAWATER; THORIUM; URANIUM;

FOSSIL CORALS; MULTI-COLLECTOR MAGNETIC SECTORS; RADIOCARBON;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CORAL; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOCARBON DATING; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33746871097     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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