The identification of granitic fire-cracked rocks using luminescence of alkali feldspars

American Antiquity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Rapp Jr , George ^a   Balescu, Sanda ^b   Lamothe, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0005716010     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694346     Document Type: Article

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