Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments; preliminary results from Searles Lake, California
Phillips FM, Smith GI, Bentley HW, Elmore D, Gove HE. 1983. Chlorine-36 dating of saline sediments; preliminary results from Searles Lake, California. Science. 222(4626):925-927
Measurements have been made of the ratios of chlorine-36 to chlorine in five halite samples from Searles Lake sediments, previously dated by carbon-14, thorium-230, and magnetostratiograpic techniques. The ages calculated from the chlorine ratios are generally concordant with those from the other methods, implying the constancy of the chlorine input ratio over the last million years.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Phillips, Fred; Smith, George; Bentley, Harold; Elmore, David; Gove, Harry
- Units
- LAKE
- Keywords
- Absolute Age, Accuracy, California, Chemically Precipitated Rocks, chlorides, Chlorine, Cl 36, Cores, Dates, Evaporites, Experimental Studies, Geochronology, Geology, halides, halite, Isotopes, Methods, Pacific Coast, Pleistocene, Quaternary, ratios, Salt, San Bernardino County, Searles Lake, Sediments, Upper Pleistocene, Western U.S.