Issues in radiocarbon and U-series dating of corals from the last glacial period

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-252

  Esat, Tezer M ^a,b   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate; Corals; Radiation calibration; Radiation dating; Sea level; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; FOSSIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAST GLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; TREE RING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARAKI; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); HUON PENINSULA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 41149148558     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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