Optically stimulated luminescence dating of sublittoral and intertidal sediments from Dubai, UAE: Radioactive disequilibria in the uranium decay series

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Zander, Anja ^a   Degering, Detlev ^b   Preusser, Frank ^c   Kasper, Haino Uwe ^d   Brückner, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34548010987     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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