U-Pb dating of speleothems from Spannagel Cave, Austrian Alps: A high resolution comparison with U-series ages

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-458

  Cliff, Robert A ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^b   Mangini, Augusto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Spannagel Cave; Speleothem; U Pb

Indexed keywords

DISEQUILIBRIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 77955518828     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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