Varve counting reveals high resolution radiocarbon reservoir age variations in palaeolake Lisan

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 690-696

  Prasad, Sushma ^a   Negendank, J F W ^a   Stein, Mordechai ^b  

^a Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea basin; Lake Lisan; Late Quaternary; Radiocarbon dating; Reservoir age; Varves

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETRITUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARVE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350144781     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1289     Document Type: Article

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