Radioecological assessment and radiometric dating of sediment cores from dynamic sedimentary systems of Pra and Volta estuaries (Ghana) along the Equatorial Atlantic.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.08.001
Abstract: The Volta and Pra estuaries (Ghana, West Africa) are dynamical sedimentary systems whose natural equilibrium is being affected by anthropogenic activities. This paper reports depth-distributions of 210Pb, 226Ra, 234Th, 40K, 228Ra and 137Cs for two… read more here.
Keywords: assessment radiometric; radiometric dating; sediment cores; radioecological assessment ... See more keywords
Recent pollution records in Sidi Moussa coastal lagoon (western Morocco) inferred from sediment radiometric dating.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106464
Abstract: The Sidi Moussa lagoon, located in western coastal Morocco and ranked as a wetland of biological and ecological importance (Ramsar site), is contaminated due to its proximity to the industrial phosphate plants and other anthropogenic… read more here.
Keywords: sidi moussa; radiometric dating; lagoon; recent pollution ... See more keywords
Integration of stable isotopes, radiometric dating and microthermometry of saddle dolomite and host dolostones (Cretaceous carbonates, Kurdistan, Iraq): New insights into hydrothermal dolomitization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.104989
Abstract: Abstract This paper integrates Mg-, C-, O-, Sr-isotopes, fluid-inclusions microthermometry, and radiometric dating of dolostones and vug-filling saddle dolomite and calcite of the Upper Cretaceous Bekhme Formation, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, provide new insights… read more here.
Keywords: saddle dolomite; new insights; radiometric dating; dolomitization ... See more keywords
Telling time with monkeys.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2217198119
Abstract: It is almost 100 y since Raymond Dart described the first Australopithecus from the Taung lime quarry in South Africa (1). Since that time, discoveries of early hominins (genera Australopithecus, Sahelanthropus, Ardipithecus, and Paranthropus) have… read more here.
Keywords: telling time; fossil sites; age; time monkeys ... See more keywords
Principles of Radiometric Dating
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DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i02/397-398
Abstract: Even after more than 100 years of the initial discovery of isotopes, we are yet to fully utilize their potential in science and technology. The unique properties of isotopes of elements covering the entire periodic… read more here.
Keywords: principles radiometric; geochronology; radiometric dating;