Age of Sheep Creek Tephra (Pleistocene) in central Alaska from thermoluminescence dating of bracketing loess

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Berger, Glenn W ^a   Péwé, Troy L ^b   Westgate, John A ^c   Preece, Shari J ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ISOTOPE SUBSTAGE 5E; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; OLD CROW TEPHRA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE STAGE 5E; PLEISTOCENE; SHEEP CREEK TEPHRA; TEPHRA; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING; TL DATING;

USA, ALASKA, SHEEP CREEK;

EID: 0030438711     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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