Problems associated with luminescence dating of Late Quaternary glacial sediments in the NW Scottish Highlands

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Lukas, Sven ^a,b   Spencer, Joel Q G ^a,c   Robinson, Ruth A J ^a   Benn, Douglas I ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

K feldspar luminescence; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Quartz luminescence; Scotland; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; DEPOSITION; DEVENSIAN; FELDSPAR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548015628     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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