Preliminary U-Th dating and the evolution of gypsum crystals in Naica caves (Mexico);Predhodni rezultati datiranja z metodo U-Th in razvoj sadrinih kristalov v jami Naica (Mehika)

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Sanna, Laura ^a   Forti, Paolo ^b   Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c University of Ås   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crystal growthh rate; Gypsum speleothhems; Mexico; Mine caves; Naica; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GYPSUM; NUCLEATION; SELENITE; SPELEOLOGY; SPELEOTHEM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79958227605     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v40i1.25     Document Type: Article

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