Laser ablation U-series analysis of fossil bones and teeth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 416, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-167

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Eggins, Stephen ^a   Kinsley, Leslie ^a   Moseley, Hannah ^a   Sambridge, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callao; Garba III Melka Kunture; Human fossils; Laser ablation analysis; U series dating; Wajak

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIFFUSION; FOSSIL RECORD; LASER METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84910662996     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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