Border cave revisited: A revised ESR chronology

Rainer Grün*, Peter Beaumont

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    Abstract

    In view of a decade of progress in ESR dating we have revised the ESR chronology of Border Cave. A detailed gamma ray survey in 1994 and newly calculated beta attenuation data led to total dose rate estimations that are between 0 and 30% smaller than previously estimated. Accordingly, the resulting ESR age estimates are between 0 and 30% older. The ESR dates are now in good agreement with independent age estimates, particularly 14C and amino acid racemization. New ESR dates for the lowermost dated sedimentary layers, 5 WA (white ash), indicate that the sedimentation of the sequence started around 200 ka ago.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)467-482
    Number of pages16
    JournalJournal of Human Evolution
    Volume40
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

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