Luminescence dating of fine-grain Holocene sediments from a coastal setting

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 166, Issue , 2000, Pages 55-67

  Bailiff, I K ^a   Tooley, M J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FEN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034119333     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.166.01.04     Document Type: Article

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