Radiocarbon dating of primary aragonite by sequential extraction of CO 2

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Bookman, R ^a   Lazar, B ^a   Stein, M ^b   Burr, G S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Dead carbon; Dead Sea; Lacustrine carbonates; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548106332     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607073295     Document Type: Article

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