Developing a protocol for selecting and dating sandy sites in East Central Texas: Preliminary results

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Boulter, Claire ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^a   Frederick, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coversand; Dose distributions; East Central Texas; Single aliquot OSL

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDEPOSITION; SAND;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548018041     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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