Great Basin calcite vein and the Pleistocene time scale
Johnson RG and Wright HE. 1989. Great Basin calcite vein and the Pleistocene time scale. Science. 246(4927):262
A letter from the first two authors concerns a 1988 article regarding implications of analysis of vein calcite. The letter suggests alternative explanations for conclusions based on oxygen-18 evidence from Devils Hole (Death Valley National Park) that calcite dates for the last interglacial stage are 7000-17,000 years earlier than dates derived from the Antarctic and marine records. The response by two of the 1988 authors refutes the alternative suggestions. A note at the end states that Winograd et al. have extended the time series and "replicated the published age for termination II" since publishing the 1988 paper.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Johnson, R; Wright, H
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Calcite, Death Valley National Park CA NV, Devils Hole Death Valley National Park CA NV, Geochronology, Physical Sciences