Rapid U-series dating of young fossil corals by laser ablation MC-ICPMS

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-206

  McGregor, H V ^a   Hellstrom, J ^b   Fink, D ^c   Hua, Q ^c   Woodroffe, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atoll formation; Coral; Holocene; Kiritimati; Laser ablation; MC ICPMS; Microatoll; Paleoclimatology; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; ATOLL; CORAL; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

KIRIBATI; KIRITIMATI; LINE ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79952072268     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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