The age of the pooraka formation and its implications, with some preliminary results from luminescence dating

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 83-94

  Bourman, R P ^a   Martinaitis, P ^b   Prescott, J R ^b   Belperio, A P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Mines and Energy Resources South Australia   (Australia)

^d Minotaur Gold   (Australia)

Author keywords

Last Interglacial; Luminescence dating; Pleistocene stratigraphy; Pooraka Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041959728     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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