Luminescence dating at the archaeological and human burial site at Roonka, South Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 2586-2593

  Robertson, G B ^a   Prescott, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OPTICAL DATING; PLEISTOCENE BURIALS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OPTICAL DEPTH; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER; ROONKA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33747881175     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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