Estimating the uncertainty of coral isochron U-Th ages

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-288

  Scholz, Denis ^a   Mangini, Augusto ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coral; Diagenesis; Errors; Isochron; U series dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; DIAGENESIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34548051336     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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