Luminescence dating of a gigantic palaeolandslide in the Gobi-Altay mountains, Mongolia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 290-295

  Balescu, S ^a   Ritz, J F ^b   Lamothe, M ^c   Auclair, M ^c   Todbileg, M ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Luminescence dating; Mongolia; Palaecolandslide; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FELDSPAR; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; LAST GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 34548020509     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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