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uranium-thorium dating

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Uranium-thorium dating of nine coral boulders on Anegada estimated that at least some of the boulders were transported inland between 1381 and 1391 CE.
1381-01-01/1391-12-31 high temporal
U-Th age estimates for coral clasts used to infer timing of a past high-energy coastal inundation event.
Uranium-thorium dating uses uranium that is incorporated into living coral and decays into thorium; the relative proportions of uranium and thorium indicate when the coral was last immersed in seawater.
high methodological
Description of the uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating method as applied to corals.