How to date nothing with cosmogenic nuclides

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Häuselmann, Philipp ^a  

^a Institut Suisse de Speleologie et de Karstologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cave dating methodology; Cosmogenic nuclides; Relative chronology; Siebenhengste

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; CHRONOLOGY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; SPELEOTHEM;

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

EID: 33947667917     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v36i1.212     Document Type: Article

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