Classic and new dating methods for assessing the temporal occurrence of mass movements

Geomorphology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-52

  Lang, Andreas ^a   Moya, José ^b   Corominas, Jordi ^b   Schrott, Lothar ^c   Dikau, Richard ^c  

^a Forschungsstelle Archaometrie H   (Germany)

^b Ctr d'Estudis Risc Tecnologic (C   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cosmogenic nuclides; Dendrochronology; Landslides; Lichenometry; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; Precision; Radiocarbon dating; U series

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033390113     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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