Optical dating studies of postglacial aeolian deposits from the south-central interior of British Columbia, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1453-1466

  Lian, Olav B ^a,c   Huntley, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; OPTICAL METHOD;

CANADA;

EID: 0033231601     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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