Luminescence investigation of loess and tephra from Halfway House section, Central Alaska

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Auclair, Marie ^a   Lamothe, Michel ^a   Lagroix, France ^b   Banerjee, Subir K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Anomalous fading; Feldspar; IR luminescence; Loess; Tephra

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GROWTH CURVE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548010494     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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