Tongatapu hardwater: Investigation into the 14C marine reservoir offset in lagoon, reef and open ocean environments of a limestone island

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-549

  Petchey, Fiona ^a   Clark, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anadara sp.; Gafrarium sp.; Hardwaters; Radiocarbon; Tongatapu; Tridacna sp.

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CALIBRATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAGOON; LIMESTONE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESEARCH WORK;

TONGA; TONGATAPU;

ANADARA; GAFRARIUM; TRIDACNA SP.;

EID: 80054867135     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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