Mike Walker

Quaternary Dating Methods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods.

Coverage includes:
_ the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fields
_ the history of dating from lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy
_ the development and application of radiometric methods
_ different methods in dating: radiometric dating, incremental dating, relative dating and age equivalence

Presented in a clear and straightforward manner with the minimum of technical detail, this text is a great introduction for both students and practitioners in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780470869277
• ISBN-10: 0470869275
• Artikelnr.: 14070001

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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: Radiocarbon Dating. 2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Basic principles. 2.3 Radiocarbon measurement. 2.4 Sources of error in
radiocarbon dating. 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-lived and 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 Exposure
Dating. 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 fossil bone. 6.6 Amino-acid
geochronology. Notes. 7 Techniques for Establishing Age Equivalence. 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.

Rezensionen

"This book is a must for any Quaternary scientist." (South African Geographical Journal, September 2006)
"...very well organized, clearly and straightforwardly written and provides a good overview on the wide field of Quaternary dating methods ..."(Journal of Quaternary Science, January 2007)