High-precision U-series measurements of more than 500,000 year old fossil corals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 229-245

  Andersen, Morten B ^a,b   Stirling, Claudine H ^a,c   Potter, Emma Kate ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a,d   Blake, Steven G ^e   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^f   Ayling, Bridget F ^f   O'Leary, Michael ^g  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

corals; geochronology; MC ICPMS; MIS 15; paleoclimate; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

CORALS; PALEOCLIMATE; U-TH DATING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CORAL; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; THORIUM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

HENDERSON ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITCAIRN; POLYNESIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 36849062600     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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