New OSL dating of UK loess: Indications of two phases of Late Glacial dust accretion in SE England and climate implications

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-371

  Clarke, Michèle L ^a   Milodowski, Antoni E ^b   Bouch, Jon E ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^a,b   Northmore, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickearth; Late Glacial; Loess; Luminescence; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CRYOTURBATION; DUST; ICE SHEET; LATE GLACIAL; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247576780     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1061     Document Type: Article

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