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Introduction to Quaternary Geochronology
Adventures in radiocarbon dating lake muck.
Please read this nice short Geology paper for an overview of the project. I will present details of the radiocarbon analysis from the long version (J of Paleolim).
Dating Young Groundwaters: how to answer the question that everyone keeps asking me
please read the first 10 pages of this article
Do headwater valleys buffer fish-bearing streams from the effects of landscape disturbance? Using radiocarbon to understand sediment budgets in the Oregon Coast Range
Lichenometric age dating of Little Ice Age features at Emmons Glacier, Mount Rainier, WA (optional reading)
Guilderson et al., 2005. The Boon and Bane of Radiocarbon Dating, Science 307:362-364
Reconstructing the eruptive and glacial history of North Sister Volcano by absolute and relative dating techniques
Pan et al., 2003. A 900 k.y. record of strath and terrace formation during glacial-interglacial transitions in northwest China, Geology 31:957-960
Nichols, Kyle K., Bierman, P.R., Caffee, M., Finkel, R. Larsen, J., 2003. Cosmogenically enables sediment budgeting. Geology 33(2): 133-136.
Lead-210 and Monterey Bay Sediments