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Radioactive Methods of Age Determination

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Zur Altersbestimmung auf radioaktiver Grundlage kommen vorwiegend die vier folgenden Methoden zur Anwendung: Kalium-Argon-Methode, Rubidium- Strontium-Methode, Uran-Blei-Methode und Kohlenstoff 14-Methode. — Der Artikel gibt einen Überblick über Grundlagen, Anwendungen und Grenzen der einzelnen Methoden. Die Hauptergebnisse werden kurz besprochen.

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Eckelmann, W.R. (1962). Radioactive Methods of Age Determination. In: Israël, H., Krebs, A. (eds) Nuclear Radiation in Geophysics / Kernstrahlung in der Geophysik. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-92837-6_4

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