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URANIUM‐SERIES DATING OF FOSSIL BONES FROM ALPINE CAVES
Author(s) -
LEITNERWILD E.,
STEFFAN I.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1993.tb01029.x
Subject(s) - cave , radiocarbon dating , geology , uranium , absolute dating , paleontology , series (stratigraphy) , carbonate , archaeology , speleothem , geography , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
During the course of an investigation of fossil cave bear populations the uranium‐series method for absolute age determination has been applied to bone material. The applicability of the method to bone samples from alpine caves could be demonstrated by the concordance of U/Th and U/Pa ages and cross‐checks with the radiocarbon method. Stratigraphic agreement between bone ages and carbonate speleothetn ages also indicates the potential of the uranium‐series method as a suitable tool for the age determination of fossil bones from alpine cave environments.