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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
18090
World Ranking
8160
National Ranking
830

Best Publications

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

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  • The half-lives of uranium-234 and thorium-230

    H Cheng;RL Edwards;JA Hoff;CD Gallup

  • Wet periods in northeastern Brazil over the past 210 kyr linked to distant climate anomalies

    Xianfeng Wang;Augusto S. Auler;Lawrence L. Edwards;Hai Cheng

  • Uranium-series Chronology and Environmental Applications of Speleothems

    David A. Richards;Jeffrey A. Dorale

  • Extremely Large Variations of Atmospheric 14C Concentration During the Last Glacial Period

    JW Beck;David A Richards;RL Edwards;BW Silverman

  • Annual growth banding in a cave stalagmite

    Andy Baker;Peter L. Smart;R. Lawrence Edwards;David A. Richards;David A. Richards

  • Very high-frequency and seasonal cave atmosphere PCO2 variability: Implications for stalagmite growth and oxygen isotope-based paleoclimate records

    James U.L. Baldini;Frank McDermott;Dirk L. Hoffmann;David A. Richards

  • SELECTION AND TREATMENT OF DATA FOR RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION: AN UPDATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CALIBRATION (INTCAL) CRITERIA

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • Quaternary ecological and geomorphic changes associated with rainfall events in presently semi-arid northeastern Brazil

    Augusto S. Auler;Xianfeng Wang;R. Lawrence Edwards;Hai Cheng

  • U-series dating and taphonomy of Quaternary vertebrates from Brazilian caves

    Augusto S. Auler;Luís B. Piló;Peter L. Smart;Xianfeng Wang

  • NotCal04—Comparison/Calibration 14C Records 26-50 Cal Kyr BP

    J. van der Plicht;J.W. Beck;E. Bard;M.G.L. Baillie

  • Uranium-Series Dating of Speleothems: Current Techniques, Limits, & Applications

    Jeffrey A. Dorale;R. Lawrence Edwards;E. Calvin Alexander;Chuan-Chou Shen

  • Chronology and paleoenvironment of Marine Isotope Stage 3 from two high-elevation speleothems, Austrian Alps☆

    Christoph Spötl;Augusto Mangini;David A. Richards

  • Towards radiocarbon calibration beyond 28 ka using speleothems from the Bahamas

    Dirk L. Hoffmann;J. Warren Beck;David A. Richards;Peter L. Smart

  • U-Pb dating of a speleothem of Quaternary age

    David A. Richards;Simon H. Bottrell;Robert A. Cliff;Klaus Ströhle

  • 3D unmanned aerial vehicle radiation mapping for assessing contaminant distribution and mobility.

    Peter G. Martin;Simon Kwong;Nick T. Smith;Yosuke Yamashiki

  • Geochemistry and radiometric dating of a Middle Pleistocene peat

    Peter J. Rowe;David A. Richards;Timothy C. Atkinson;Simon H. Bottrell

  • Effective precipitation in southern Spain (~ 266 to 46 ka) based on a speleothem stable carbon isotope record

    Edward J. Hodge;David A. Richards;Peter L. Smart;Bartolomé Andreo

  • Sea level change during MIS 5a based on submerged speleothems from the eastern Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

    Maša Surić;David A. Richards;Dirk L. Hoffmann;Darko Tibljaš

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