First results on determination of cosmogenic 36Cl in limestone from the Yenicekale Complex in the Hittite capital of Hattusha (Turkey)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Akçar, Naki ^a   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^b   Alfimov, Vasily ^b   Yilmaz, Ismail Ö ^c   Schachner, Andreas ^d   Altiner, Demir ^c   Yavuz, Vural ^e   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

36Cl; Exposure dating; Hattusha; Hittites; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIMESTONE;

BOGAZKALE; CORUM; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70350763577     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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