Fission track dating of obsidian source samples from the Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia

  • Author
    R. Bonetti; P. Di Cesare; A. Guglielmetti; F. Malerba; E. Migliorini; M. Oddone; J. R. Bird; Robin Torrence; R. J. Bultitude
  • Year
    1998
  • Journal
    Records of the Australian Museum
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

Obsidian samples from several outcrops in Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia have been dated by the fission track method for the first time. The Papua New Guinea samples yielded young ages (c. 25 Ka), whereas dates of 85.5 Ma to 92.3 Ma were obtained for the Australian samples after using the plateau age and track size methods to correct for track fading. The archaeological implications of the fission track dates are discussed.

 
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Short Form
Bonetti et al., 1998, Rec. Aust. Mus. 50(3): 277–284
Author
R. Bonetti; P. Di Cesare; A. Guglielmetti; F. Malerba; E. Migliorini; M. Oddone; J. R. Bird; Robin Torrence; R. J. Bultitude
Year
1998
Title
Fission track dating of obsidian source samples from the Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
50
Issue
3
Start Page
277
End Page
284
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1286
Language
en
Date Published
25 November 1998
Cover Date
25 November 1998
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
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11 March 2009
Available Online
16 July 2009
Reference Number
1286
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