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Stalagmites from Caves in the Bahamas: Indicators of low sea level Stand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Roy F. Spalding  and
Thomas D. Mathews
Thomas D. Mathews
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Texas, A&M University College Station, Texas 77843USA
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Abstract

Presently submerged Bahaman stalagmites can be used to date Pleistocene low sea level stands. Good precision was obtained using both 14C and 230Th-/234U-methods. The respective dates obtained were 21,900 ± 600 and 22,000 ± 350 YBP.

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Original Articles
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Quaternary Research , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1972 , pp. 470 - 472
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Academic Press, Inc.

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