New advances in the dating of speleothems - An introduction

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-4

  Drysdale, Russell N ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^b   Hellstrom, John C ^a   Richards, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871045406     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Editorial

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