Amino acid racemization age estimates for Pleistocene marine deposits in the Eukeka-Fields Landing Area, Homboldt County, California
Date
1977
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U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Abstract
Amino acid enantiomeric (D/L) ratios in fossil Saxidomus samples
from four localities in the Eureka - Fields Landing area of the Humboldt
Bay region, California yield age estimates of 180,000 to 280,000 years
for exposed and slightly deformed bay and estuarine deposits.