Determining the burial time of single grains of quartz using optically stimulated luminescence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 163-180

  Murray, Andrew S ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eolianite; Grains; Luminescence; Quartz

Indexed keywords

BURIAL TIME; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ;

EID: 0031405368     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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