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U-series dating of the Late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Wood Quarry (Steetley), Nottinghamshire, UK

Date

Authors

Pike, Alistair W G

Eggins, Stephen

Grun, Rainer

Hedges, Robert E M

Jacobi, R M

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH

Abstract

We present the U-series dating of bones from Wood Quarry ('Steetley Quarry Cave') using the diffusion-adsorption model to account for uranium uptake. The results give a weighted mean date of 66.8 ± 3.0 kyr, placing this assemblage within or just before M

Keywords

Keywords: fossil assemblage; mammal; Pleistocene; uranium series dating; Eastern Hemisphere; England; Eurasia; Europe; Nottinghamshire; United Kingdom; Western Europe; World; Mammalia Banwell Bone Cave mammal assemblage-zone; Diffusion adsorption model; Laser ablation; Uranium-series; Wood Quarry

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82344

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Quaternary Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1002/jqs.898

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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