Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-45

  Zillén, Lovisa ^a   Lenz, Conny ^b   Jilbert, Tom ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chronology; Holocene; Isochrones; Lead concentration; Stable lead isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROMAN ERA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GREENLAND;

EID: 84856595588     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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