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Título: Amino Acid Dating of Quaternary Marine Terraces, Bahia Asuncion, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Autores: Keenan, Everly M.
Ortlieb, Luc
Wehmiller, John F.
Fecha: 2012-04-23
Publicador: Journal of Coastal Research
Fuente: Ver documento
Tipo: Peer-reviewed Article
Tema: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences
Quaternary marine terraces; Baja California Sur; Mexico; amino acid dating; aminostratigraphy; Vizcaino Peninsula
Descripción: In the area of Bahia Asuncion, on the Pacific coast of Baja California peninsula, amino acid racemization dating' has been used to estimate ages of mollusks from Quaternary marine terraces. Eighteen molluscan samples (of the genera Tivela; Saxidomus; and Chione) from ten localities have been analyzed. The high mean annual temperature for the region (greater than 20 C) has resulted in extensive racemization of samples from what are considered to be late Middle and Late Pleistocene terrace localities. Racemization of most amino acids is effectively complete by about 300,000 years. However, two amino acids, leucine and valine, demonstrate enough resolving power to be used to delineate different age groups among the terrace sites. Where these apparent groups are testable with stratigraphic or geomorphic evidence, they are generally consistent with the available geologic control. The ages estimated for the three aminostratigraphic groups recognized in this study are approximately 120,000, 200,000 and 300,000 years.
Idioma: Inglés
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