Progress towards single-grain optical dating of fossil mud-wasp nests and associated rock art in northern Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1273-1278

  Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^a   Olley, Jon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

SINGLE-GRAIN OPTICAL DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEST; QUATERNARY; ROCK ART; WASP;

AUSTRALIA;

VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037844983     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00076-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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