Optical dating of tufa via in situ aeolian sand grains: A case example from the Southern High Plains, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1145-1152

  Rich, Julie ^a   Stokes, Stephen ^a   Wood, Warren ^a,b   Bailey, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DOSIMETRY; SAND;

PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBONATE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TUFA;

HIGH PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038521487     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00021-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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