Thermoluminescence dating of volcanic activity at Mount Gambier, South Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Robertson, G B ^a   Prescott, J R ^a   Hutton, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Holocene; Mount Gambier; Thermoluminescence dating; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041664691     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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