A geochronologic framework for the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 490-503

  Mahan, Shannon A ^a   Gray, Harrison J ^a   Pigati, Jeffrey S ^a   Wilson, Jim ^b   Lifton, Nathaniel A ^c   Paces, James B ^a   Blaauw, Maarten ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Aeon Laboratories   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Luminescence dating; Radiocarbon dating; Surface exposure dating; U series dating; Ziegler Reservoir

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; RURAL AREAS; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM;

FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; U-SERIES DATING; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

SEDIMENTS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84926253310     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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