Single-grain optical dating of grave-infill associated with human burials at Lake Mungo, Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 2469-2474

  Olley, Jon M ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^b   Bowler, James M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMPREGNATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

OPTICAL DATING; POLYESTER RESIN; SEDIMENT FABRIC ANALYSIS; SINGLE GRAINS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DATING METHOD; QUARTZ; RESIN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE MUNGO; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33747882362     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.022     Document Type: Article

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