Other Isotopic Dating Methods

Chronological Methods 13 - Other Isotopic Dating Methods

Technique Date Range Materials Dated Limitations Links

Argon 40/Argon 39 K-feldspar
Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project

Uranium/Thorium/Pb UCLA Ion Microprobe

Uranium Series upto 70,000 years calcite, bone, tooth, shell
Uranium Series Decay Scheme

Archaeometry Research Group

Lead/Uranium 1-400 years sediments, lead-based paints

A Paragraph Nitrogen, Chlorine 36,Beryllium 10, Cesium 137, Oxygen 16/Oxygen 18, Rubidium/Strontium


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Technique	Date Range	Materials Dated	Limitations	Links
Argon 40/Argon 39 K-feldspar				Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Uranium/Thorium/Pb				UCLA Ion Microprobe
Uranium Series	upto 70,000 years	calcite, bone, tooth, shell		Uranium Series Decay Scheme Archaeometry Research Group
Lead/Uranium	1-400 years	sediments, lead-based paints