Uranium-series chronology and environmental applications of speleothems

Uranium-series Geochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 407-460

  Richards, David A ^a   Dorale, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; URANIUM SERIES CHRONOLOGY;

URANIUM;

EID: 85061268074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2113/0520407     Document Type: Chapter

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