Evidence suggesting that methods of rock-varnish cation-ratio dating are neither comparable nor consistently reliable

Auteurs :
BIERMAN, P.R.
GILLESPIE, A.R.

Description :
Using samples from a prehistoric quarry site in the Mojave Desert, the AA. tested and compared the two principal methods of rock-varnish cation-ratio dating, analysis of rock varnish scrappings and analysis of rock varnish in situ. Discussion of the results.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1994, vol. 41, n°. 1, p. 82-90, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 réf.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier