The chronology of Holocene alluvial sediments from the Wetterau, Germany, provided by optical and 14C dating

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Lang, Andreas ^a,c   Nolte, Sabine ^b,d  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

14C dating; Alluvium; Flood loam; Germany; Holocene; IRSL; Optical dating; Wetterau

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE;

GERMANY; HESSE; WETTERAU;

EID: 0032934551     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399675119300     Document Type: Article

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