Optically stimulated luminescence dating of large storm events in Northern Scotland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1085-1092

  Sommerville, A A ^a,b   Hansom, J D ^a   Sanderson, D C W ^b   Housley, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SAND; STORMS;

OPTICALLY SIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL);

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; STORM DEPOSIT;

SCOTLAND (ORKNEY); SCOTLAND (SHETLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038521529     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00057-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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