U-series isotope data used to date a 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, U.S.A.

Description

This dataset includes tables with physical information and isotopic data that are used to calculate uranium-series ages (230Th/U method) and initial 234U/238U activity ratios on a suite of mastodon bones from the Cerutti Mastodon site near San Diego, CA area.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.58a8ddd0e4b025c46429c03d.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HD7SW7

Tags

  • isotopic-analysis
  • geochronology
  • fossils
  • usgs-58a8ddd0e4b025c46429c03d
  • california
  • san-diego
  • radiometric-dating
  • san-diego-county
  • archaeology
  • paradise-hills

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