Uplift rates defined by U-series and 14C ages of serpulid-encrusted speleothems from submerged caves near Siracusa, Sicily (Italy)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  Dutton, Andrea ^a   Scicchitano, Giovanni ^b   Monaco, Carmelo ^b   Desmarchelier, Jolyon M ^a   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^c   Lambeck, Kurt ^a   Esat, Tezer M ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^a   Mortimer, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

14C dating; Mediterranean; Sea level; Sicily; Speleothem; U Th dating; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAVE; ENCRUSTATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; MODELING; SEA LEVEL; SPELEOTHEM; SUBMERGENCE; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SIRACUSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SERPULIDAE;

EID: 53049100131     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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