Stalagmites from Caves in the Bahamas: Indicators of low sea level Stand
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quaternary Research
- Vol. 2 (4), 470-472
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(72)90085-3
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.Keywords
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