Devensian glacial events in Buchan (NE Scotland): A progress report on new OSL dates and their implications

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Gemmell, Alastair M D ^a   Murray, Andrew S ^b   Connell, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buchan; Chronology; Luminescence; NE Scotland; Quartz; SAR

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEVENSIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; ABERDEENSHIRE; BUCHAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548021196     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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