Recent advances in luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene (Cold-Climate) aeolian sand and loess deposits in western Europe

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Koster, Eduard A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cover sands; Dune sands; Loess; Luminescence dating; Sand sheets

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLD REGION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15844387678     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.512     Document Type: Review

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