A luminescence method for dating 'dirty' pedogenic carbonates for paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 321-332

  Singhvi, A K ^a   Banerjee, D ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Rajaguru, S N ^b   Gogte, V ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Luminescence; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONATE; LUMINESCENCE METHOD; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PEDOGENIC SEDIMENT;

EID: 0029729101     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00227-4     Document Type: Article

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