Published June 10, 1997 | Version v1
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Fission track dating of obsidian artefacts from Columbia

Creators

  • 1. Guru Nanak Dev Univ., Amritsar (India). Dept. of Physics

Description

The fission track technique is useful for dating young obsidian artefacts owing to their high uranium content. It is being used for obsidian source identification and provenance studies. Fission track age of Columbian obsidian from an archaeological site, Rio Hondo near Popayan, is found to be 3.83 Ma. (author). 14 refs., 1 tab

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Current Science (Bangalore)
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 884-885.
ISSN
0011-3891
CODEN
CUSCAM

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
28048187
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
FISSION TRACKS; FOSSILS; GLASS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPE DATING; PIXE ANALYSIS; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; AGE ESTIMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE TRACKS; ROCKS; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS