Distinction between the Youngest Toba Tuff and Oldest Toba Tuff from northern Sumatra based on the area density of spontaneous fission tracks in their glass shards

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 388-393

  Westgate, John A ^a   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^b   Gatti, Emma ^c   Achyuthan, Hema ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acheulean artifacts; India; Partial track fading; Spontaneous fission tracks; Sumatra; Toba tuffs; Volcanic glass shards

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACHEULEAN ARTIFACTS; INDIA; PARTIAL TRACK FADING; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; SUMATRA; TOBA TUFFS; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GLASS;

EID: 84909631444     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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