Electron spin resonance dating of South Australian megafauna sites

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 917-935

  Grun, R ^a   Wells, R ^b   Eggins, S ^a   Spooner, N ^a   Aubert, M ^a   Brown, L ^a   Rhodes, E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance dating; Extinction; Megafauna; South Australia; Uranium series isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLACK CREEK; INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 50349098482     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802097419     Document Type: Article

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