High-precision U-series measurements of more than 500,000 year old fossil corals

• Main Authors: Andersen, Morten B, Stirling, Claudine H, Potter, Emma-Kate, Halliday, Alex N, Blake, Steven G, McCulloch, Malcolm T, Ayling, Bridget F, O'Leary, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ResearchOnline@ND 2008
• Subjects: peer-reviewed; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Faraday; Henderson Island; Pacific
• Online Access: https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/sci__article/40; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X07006462

Robust, independent age constraints on the absolute timing of climate events based on the U-series dating of fossil coral are sparse before the last glacial cycle. Using multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with multiple-Faraday protocols, we are able to date ∼ 600 ka samp...