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Title: Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments: preliminary results from Searles Lake, California

Abstract

Measurements have been made of the ratios of chlorine-36 to chlorine in five halite samples from Searles Lake sediments, previously dated by carbon-14, thorium-230, and magnetostratigraphic techniques. The ages calculated from the chlorine ratios are generally concordant with those from the other methods, implying the constancy of the chlorine input ratio over the last million years.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro
OSTI Identifier:
5361134
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 222
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPE DATING; CALIFORNIA; CHLORINE; CHLORINE 36; LAKES; QUANTITY RATIO; AGE ESTIMATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHLORINE ISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; FEDERAL REGION IX; HALOGENS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 520101* - Environment, Aquatic- Basic Studies- Radiometric Techniques- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Phillips, F M, Smith, G I, Bentley, H W, Elmore, D, and Gove, H E. Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments: preliminary results from Searles Lake, California. United States: N. p., 1983. Web. doi:10.1126/science.222.4626.925.
Phillips, F M, Smith, G I, Bentley, H W, Elmore, D, & Gove, H E. Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments: preliminary results from Searles Lake, California. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4626.925
Phillips, F M, Smith, G I, Bentley, H W, Elmore, D, and Gove, H E. 1983. "Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments: preliminary results from Searles Lake, California". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4626.925.
@article{osti_5361134,
title = {Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments: preliminary results from Searles Lake, California},
author = {Phillips, F M and Smith, G I and Bentley, H W and Elmore, D and Gove, H E},
abstractNote = {Measurements have been made of the ratios of chlorine-36 to chlorine in five halite samples from Searles Lake sediments, previously dated by carbon-14, thorium-230, and magnetostratigraphic techniques. The ages calculated from the chlorine ratios are generally concordant with those from the other methods, implying the constancy of the chlorine input ratio over the last million years.},
doi = {10.1126/science.222.4626.925},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5361134}, journal = {Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 222,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Fri Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 1983}
}