High Precision U/Th Dating of First Polynesian Settlement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Burley, David ^a   Weisler, Marshall I ^b   Zhao, Jian xin ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THORIUM; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ACROPORA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SAMPLE; TONGA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TONGA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84868674193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048769     Document Type: Article

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