U and Pb variability in older speleothems and strategies for their chronology

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-113

  Woodhead, Jon ^a   Hellstrom, John ^a   Pickering, Robyn ^a   Drysdale, Russell ^a   Paul, Bence ^a   Bajo, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICPMS; Lead; Speleothem; U Pb geochronology; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84871092614     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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