Comparison of 14C and U-Th ages of two holocene phreatic overgrowths on speleothems from Mallorca (Western mediterranean): Environmental implications

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Tuccimei, Paola ^a   van Strydonck, Mark ^b   Ginés, Angel ^c   Ginés, Joaquín ^c   Soligo, Michele ^a   Villa, Igor M ^d,e   Fornós, Joan J ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

14C; Coastal karst; Holocene; Mallorca; Speleothem; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLUTION; ENCRUSTATION; HOLOCENE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INFILTRATION; KARST; LIMESTONE; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 79251612737     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.40.1.1     Document Type: Article

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