Quaternary Dating Methods

Mike Walker 지음

Wiley 2013년 04월 30일 출간

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This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods.Coverage includes:the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fieldsthe history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphythe development and application of radiometric methodsdifferent methods in dating: radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating and age equivalencePresented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences.Praise from the reviews:quot;This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist.quot; SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006"#8230;very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods#8230;" JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007

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Preface.1&& Introduction to Quaternary Dating.1.1 Introduction.1.2 The development of Quaternary dating.1.3 Precision and accuracy in dating.1.4 Atomic structure, radioactivity and radiometric dating.1.5 The Quaternary: stratigraphic framework and terminology.1.6 The scope and content of the book.Notes.2&& Radiometric Dating 1: Radiocarbon Dating.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Basic principles.2.3 Radiocarbon measurement.2.4 Sources of error in radiocarbon dating.&&&&&&&&&&2.5 Some problematic dating materials.2.6 Calibration of the radiocarbon timescale.2.7 Applications of radiocarbon dating.Notes.3&& Radiometric Dating 2: Dating using Long-lived and Short-lived Isotopes.3.1 Introduction.3.2 Potassium argon and Argon argon dating.3.3 Uranium series dating.3.4 Cosmogenic nuclide dating.3.5 Dating using short-lived isotopes.Notes.4&& Radiometric Dating 3: Radiation Exposure Dating.4.1 Introduction.4.2 Luminescence dating.4.3 Electron spin resonance dating.4.4 Fission track dating.Notes.5&& Dating using Annually-Banded Records5.1 Introduction.5.2 Dendrochronology.5.3 Varve chronology.5.4 Lichenometry.5.5 Annual layers in glacier ice.5.6 Other media dated by annual banding.Notes.6&& Relative Dating Methods.6.1 Introduction.6.2 Rock surface weathering.6.3 Obsidian hydration dating.6.4 Pedogenesis.6.5 Relative dating of fossil bone.&&&&&&&&&&6.6 Amino-acid geochronology.Notes.7&& Techniques for Establishing Age Equivalence.7.1 Introduction.7.2 Oxygen isotope chronstratigraphy.7.3 Tephrochronology.7.4 Palaeomagnetism.7.5 Palaeosols.Notes.8&&& Dating the future8.1 Introduction.

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"This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." (South African Geographical Journal, September 2006)"…very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods…"(Journal of Quaternary Science, January 2007)

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저자(글) Mike Walker