Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of coastal aeolian sand accumulation in Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 627-637

  Sommerville, A A ^a,c   Hansom, J D ^a   Housley, R A ^a   Sanderson, D C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Jacques Whitford Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand activity; Holocene; Marginal land deterioration; Orkney; OSL dating; Scotland; Storminess

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LAND DEGRADATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SANDAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547782167     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607078987     Document Type: Article

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