Radiochemical data obtained by α spectrometry on unrecrystallized fossil coral samples from the Egyptian shoreline of the north-western Red Sea

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Choukri, A ^a   Hakam, O K ^a   Reyss, J L ^b   Plaziat, J C ^c  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

spectrometry; Egyptian shoreline; Fossil coral; Quaternary; Sea level; Th U dating

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; URANIUM;

EGYPTIAN SHORELINE; FOSSIL CORAL; QUATERNARY; TH/U DATING;

REEFS;

EID: 34249071304     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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