Precise microsampling of poorly laminated speleothems for U-series dating

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-47

  Drysdale, Russell N ^a   Paul, Bence T ^a   Hellstrom, John C ^a   Couchoud, Isabelle ^a,b   Greig, Alan ^a   Bajo, Petra ^a   Zanchetta, Gianni ^c,d,e   Isola, Ilaria ^e   Spötl, Christoph ^f   Baneschi, Ilaria ^d   Regattieri, Eleonora ^c   Woodhead, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Growth layers; LA ICP MS; Microsampling; Speleothems; Trace elements; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ITALY;

EID: 84871084364     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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