Testing mathematical uranium migration models in combined ESR/U-series dating of fossil teeth from open-air sites

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 519-523

  Han, Fei ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^b   Liu, Chunru ^a   Yin, Gongming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Donggutuo site; ESR U series method; Fossil teeth; Hougou site; Uranium migration model

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLITHIC; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

EID: 84936780010     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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