Luminescence chronology of loess-paleosol sequences from Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 501-516

  Berger, Glenn W ^a   Pillans, Brad J ^b   Tonkin, Philip J ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canterbury; Dating; Geochronology; Loess; Luminescence; South Island

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035689447     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514952     Document Type: Article

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