Uranium loss and aragonite-calcite age discordance in a calcitized aragonite stalagmite

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-37

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Bernal, Juan Pablo ^b   Asmerom, Yemane ^c   Polyak, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Laser ablation; MC ICPMS; Recrystallization; Speleothem; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PETROGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GUERRERO; JUXTLAHUACA CAVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR;

EID: 84871092549     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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