Luminescence dating and archaeology of Holocene fluvio-lacustrine sediments of Abu Tartur, Eastern Sahara

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 314-321

  Bubenzer, O ^a   Hilgers, A ^a   Riemer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desert geomorphology; Eastern Sahara; Fluvio lacustrine sediments; Geoarchaeology; Heterogeneous bleaching; Holocene humid phase; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BLEACHING; CHARCOAL; DEPOSITION; DESERT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIFICATION;

ABU TARTUR PLATEAU; AFRICA; EGYPT; NEW VALLEY; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 34548018761     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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