Variation of initial 230 Th / 232 Th and limits of high precision U - Th dating of shallow - water corals
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Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Tectonics Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA Institute of Geology, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA Physical Sciences Division R/PSD1, NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2008