Rigorous quality control criteria for screening coral samples and radiocarbon calibration data based on 14C, 230Th/234U/238U and 231Pa/235U dated corals - A reply to the comment by Yusuke Yokoyama and Tezer M. Esat on "Extending the radiocarbon calibration beyond 26,000 years before present using fossil corals" ...

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 3084-3087

  Fairbanks, Richard G ^a,b   Chiu, Tzu Chien ^a,b   Cao, Li ^a,b   Mortlock, Richard A ^a   Kaplan, Alexey ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 33751367036     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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