Quaternary Dating MethodsJohn Wiley and Sons, 2005 M06 17 - 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 |
Contents
Radiocarbon Dating | 17 |
Dating Using LongLived | 57 |
Radiation Exposure Dating | 93 |
from the Russian Far East | 101 |
Dating Using Annually Banded Records | 121 |
Relative Dating Methods | 165 |
43 | 190 |
Techniques for Establishing Age Equivalence | 197 |
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Popular passages
Page 255 - Lowe, DJ 1990. A review of late Quaternary silicic and some other tephra formations from New Zealand: their stratigraphy, nomenclature, distribution, volume and age.
Page 246 - Palmqvist, P. 1999 On the ecological connection between sabre-tooths and hominids: faunal dispersal events in the Lower Pleistocene and a review of the evidence for the first human arrival in Europe.
Page 253 - H. 1958 Variations in Concentration of Radiocarbon with Time and Location on Earth.
Page 248 - Berger, GW, 1995. Progress in luminescence dating methods for Quaternary sediments. In Rutter, NW & NR Catto (eds.) Dating Methods for Quaternary Deposits.
Page 246 - Johnsen, S., 1999, Correlation of Swedish glacial varves with the Greenland (GRIP) oxygen isotope record.
Page 257 - Uranium/Thorium dating of Late Pleistocene peat deposits in NW Europe, Uranium/Thorium isotope systematics and open-system behaviour of peat layers: Chemical Geology (Isotope Geoscience Section), 94 p.
Page 248 - Berger, GW. 1988. Dating Quaternary events by luminescence, in DJ Easterbrook (ed,). Dating Quaternary Sediments. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 227, 13-50.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Quaternary Dating Methods |
| Author | Mike Walker |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0470869267, 9780470869260 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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