Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz

Geomorphology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 337-358

  Olley, Jon M ^a   Pietsch, Tim ^a,b   Roberts, Richard G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Burial ages; Holocene deposits; Optical dating; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; OPTICAL METHOD; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2442603378     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.09.020     Document Type: Article

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