Multi-method dating comparison for mid-pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 641-653

  Pillans, Brad ^a   Kohn, Barry P ^b   Berger, Glenn ^c   Froggatt, Paul ^d   Duller, Geoff ^e   Alloway, Brent ^f   Hesse, Paul ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DATING METHOD; FISSION TRACK DATING; ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; RANGITAWA TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING; TL DATING;

EID: 0030303158     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(96)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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