Optical dating of modern and late Holocene dune sands in the Brandon sand hills, southwestern Manitoba

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Wolfe, Stephen A ^a   Huntley, David J ^b   Ollerhead, Jeff ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FELDSPAR; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

BRANDON; CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042643915     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/009106ar     Document Type: Article

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