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Isotope Dating of Pleistocene Dung Deposits from the Colorado Plateau, Arizona and Utah

dc.contributor.authorMead, Jim I.
dc.contributor.authorAgenbroad, Larry D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T20:14:56Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T20:14:56Z
dc.date.issued1992-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMead, J. I., & Agenbroad, L. D. (1992). Isotope dating of Pleistocene dung deposits from the Colorado Plateau, Arizona and Utah. Radiocarbon, 34(1), 1-19.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200013370
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/653034
dc.description.abstractIdentified dung and keratinous remains of large mammals are considered the most reliable materials to 14C date, when the initial question includes the application of the date to the time of local extirpation and extinction. The Colorado Plateau provides a unique preservation habitat (desiccation), found in greater abundance of deposits than anywhere else in North America. We review 20 localities from the Colorado Plateau that contain dung of megaherbivores. Seven species of herbivores were identified utilizing dung: Bison (bison), Equus (horse), “Euceratherium“ (shrubox), Mammuthus (mammoth), Nothrotheriops (ground sloth), Oreamnos (mountain goat) and Ovis (bighorn), and 79 14C dates were measured from the sites. Most sites contain additional associated 14C and U/Th dates on skeletal and botanical remains.
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dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
dc.rightsCopyright © by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. All rights reserved.
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dc.subjectdung
dc.subjectUtah
dc.subjectColorado Plateau
dc.subjectArizona
dc.subjectPleistocene
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectCenozoic
dc.subjectQuaternary
dc.subjectgeochronology
dc.subjectC 14
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectdates
dc.subjectisotopes
dc.subjectradioactive isotopes
dc.subjectabsolute age
dc.titleIsotope Dating of Pleistocene Dung Deposits from the Colorado Plateau, Arizona and Utah
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries.
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume34
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage1
dc.source.endpage19
refterms.dateFOA2021-02-11T20:14:56Z


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