Quaternary Dating MethodsJohn Wiley & Sons, 17 juin 2005 - 304 pages This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. Coverage includes:
Presented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences. Praise from the reviews: "This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006 “...very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods...” JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007 |
Table des matières
Dating Methods and the Quaternary | 1 |
Radiocarbon Dating | 17 |
335555 | 54 |
Radiation Exposure Dating | 93 |
from the Russian Far East | 101 |
Notes | 119 |
Norwegian talus slope | 146 |
Relative Dating Methods | 165 |
61 | 182 |
Techniques for Establishing Age Equivalence | 197 |
hominid South Africa | 224 |
Dating the Future | 237 |
Notes | 244 |
62 | 246 |
| 279 | |
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14C years BP age estimates amino acid applications archaeological areas artefacts atmospheric bone carbon cave chemical contain coral correlation cosmogenic nuclide curve dating techniques decay dendrochronology deposits determined dose electrons environmental ESR dating etal example exposure Figure fission track dating fossil geological glacial glacier Greenland hence Holocene human hydration ice core ice sheet ice-core interglacial isotope isotope record laboratory lake sediments layer levels lichen lichenometry Little Ice Age luminescence dating marine material measurements mineral MOI stage molluscs moraines northern obsidian obsidian hydration dating obtained oxygen isotope palaeomagnetic palaeosols peat pedogenesis period permission of Elsevier Pleistocene polarity Quaternary Science Reviews radiocarbon dates radiometric dating ratios reflect region relative dating Reproduced by permission Reproduced with permission rock sample sediments signal soil development speleothem stratigraphic surface temperature tephra tephrochronology terrace timescale TL dating tree-ring uranium variations varve varve chronology volcanic weathering younger