Reservoir age based on pre-bomb shells from the intertidal zone along the coast of Israel

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 966-968

  Boaretto, E ^a,b   Mienis, H K ^c,d   Sivan, D ^e  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Radiocarbon; Reservoir age; Sea level changes; Shallow water; Vermitide

Indexed keywords

AGE-BASED; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; INTERTIDAL ZONES; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATERS;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 77949883921     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.075     Document Type: Article

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