Optical dating of palaeochannel deposits in the riverine plain, southeastern Australia: Testing the reliability of existing thermoluminescence dates

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 327-332

  Banerjee, D ^a,b   Page, K ^c   Lepper, K ^a,d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLOODPLAIN; OPTICS; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0036387418     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a005995     Document Type: Article

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