Impregnation method for detecting annual laminations in sediment cores: An overview

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Boës, Xavier ^a   Fagel, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laminated sediments; Palaeoclimate analysis; Polymerization; Thin section; Varve dating

Indexed keywords

LAMINATION; SEDIMENT CORE;

EID: 24144461308     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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