Age and composition of oxalate-rich crusts in the northern territory, Australia
Age and composition of oxalate-rich crusts in the northern territory, Australia
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澳大利亚北部地区富含草酸盐结壳的年龄和成分
DOI:
10.1179/sic.1991.36.1.24
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发表时间:
1991
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0.8
通讯作者:
A. Watchman
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作者:
A. Watchman
AbstractThe nature, origin and age of some thick multi-layered oxalate-rich crusts from quartz-rich rocks in Australia are presented, with a view to alerting restorers and conservators to their value in palaeo-environmental and rock art dating studies. Mineralogical and geochemical data, together with field observations and evidence from cross-section analysis, suggest that these deposits are formed naturally by chemical reaction of organic acids in rainwater acting on calcium-rich dust particles which have accreted on stable siliceous rock ledges and other sheltered surfaces. Carbon-14 dating of the oxalate mineral, whewellite, found in the surface crusts ranges from modern to 8800 years BP: evidence that the natural processes which form oxalate-rich surface deposits have been continuous for many thousands of years. Such dating of oxalate layers provides a means for establishing time-frames in which different prehistoric painting styles can be fixed; the method does not give a direct age for individual a...
DOI:
10.1126/science.3110954
发表时间:
1987
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Science (New York, N.Y.)
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作者:
Rothenberg,ME;OwenJr,WF;Silberstein,DS;Soberman,RJ;Austen,KF;Stevens,RL
通讯作者:
Stevens,RL