Dating Pliocene lacustrine sediments in the central Jordan Valley, Israel - Implications for cosmogenic burial dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 317-327

  Davis, M ^a   Matmon, A ^a   Fink, D ^b   Ron, H ^a   Niedermann, S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

10Be; 21Ne; 26Al; Cosmogenic burial dating; Israel, Erk el Ahmar; Jordan Rift Valley

Indexed keywords

10BE; 21NE; 26AL; COSMOGENIC; ISRAEL, ERK-EL-AHMAR; JORDAN RIFT VALLEY;

ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATING METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIONUCLIDE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ISRAEL; JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 79955120332     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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