An optical age chronology of late Quaternary extreme fluvial events recorded in Ugandan dambo soils

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 174-180

  Mahan, Shannon A ^a   Brown, David J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Dambo sedimentation; OSL; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

AFRICA; ARCTIC; CENTRAL AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LAKE VICTORIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 34548012598     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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