Uranium-series dating of gypsum speleothems: Methodology and examples

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-46

  Sanna, Laura ^a   Saez, Francisco ^b   Simonsen, D ^c   Constantin, Silviu ^a,d   Calaforra, Jose Maria ^e   Forti, Paolo ^f   Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b University of Oslo ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cave; Gypsum; Methodology; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; CAVE; GYPSUM; METHODOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77949544136     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.39.1.5     Document Type: Article

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