Age of loess deposits in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1115-1131

  Hesse, Paul P ^a   Humphreys, Geoff S ^a   Smith, Barton L ^b   Campbell, James ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dust; OSL dating; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; IRON; LUMINESCENCE; MANGANESE;

OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); PEDOGENESIS;

SILT;

CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0345356201     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02152     Document Type: Article

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