Chronostratigraphy of a sediment record from the Hajar mountain range in north Oman: Implications for optical dating of insufficiently bleached sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 202-207

  Fuchs, M ^a   Woda, C ^b   Burkert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insufficient bleaching; N Oman; Optical dating; OSL dating; Quartz; Sedimentary record; Small aliquots

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34548011439     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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