Quaternary Dating Methods
Published on 27. September 2005
304 pages
978-0-470-86928-4 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, therange of techniques available and the strengths and limitations ofeach of the principal methods.
Coverage includes:
* the concept of time in Quaternary Science and relatedfields
* the history of dating from lithostratigraphy andbiostratigraphy
* the development and application of radiometric methods
* different methods in dating: radiometric dating, incrementaldating, relative dating and age equivalence
Presented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimumof technical detail, this text is a great introduction for bothstudents and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental andArchaeological Sciences.
Praise from the reviews:
"This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." SOUTHAFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, September 2006
"...very well organized, clearly andstraightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the widefield of Quaternary dating methods..." JOURNALOF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, January 2007
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"This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." (SouthAfrican Geographical Journal, September 2006) "...very well organized, clearly and straightforwardlywritten and provides a good overview on the wide field ofQuaternary dating methods..."(Journal of Quaternary Science,January 2007)More details
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Mike Walker is a highly experienced, script writer of drama and documentary for film, radio and television. He has won several Sony Awards for Best Play as well as a Royal Television Society Gold Medal and other awards including ones from the Society of Authors and Writers Guild. He has also written several novels and non-fiction works and teaches creative writing at Morley College London.
Content
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: RadiocarbonDating.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Basic principles.
2.3 Radiocarbon measurement.
2.4 Sources of error in radiocarbondating.
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-livedand 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 ExposureDating.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Luminescence dating.
4.3 Electron spin resonance dating.
4.4 Fission track dating.
Notes.
5 Dating using Annually-Banded Records
5.1 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 fossilbone.
6.6 Amino-acid geochronology.
Notes.
7 Techniques for Establishing AgeEquivalence.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Oxygen isotope chronstratigraphy.
7.3 Tephrochronology.
7.4 Palaeomagnetism.
7.5 Palaeosols.
Notes.
8 Dating the future
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Radiometric dating.
8.3 Annually-banded records.
8.4 Age Equivalence.
8.5 Biomolecular dating.
Notes.
References.
Index.
