Considerations for U-series dating of sediments: Insights from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 340, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Handley, Heather K ^a   Turner, Simon P ^a   Dosseto, Anthony ^b   Haberlah, David ^c   Afonso, Juan C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flinders Ranges; Sediment transport; Timescale; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; FLINDERS RANGES; INPUT PARAMETER; ISOTOPIC DATA; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEROZOIC; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SAND DUNES; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOURCE ROCKS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURFACE AREA ESTIMATES; TIME-SCALES; U-SERIES DATING; URANIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; NUCLEAR FUELS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

BEDROCK; COMMINUTION; DUNE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84872511865     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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