Luminescence dating of old (>70 ka) Chinese loess: A comparison of single-aliquot OSL and IRSL techniques

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 9-14

  Buylaert, J P ^a   Vandenberghe, D ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Huot, S ^b   De Corte, F ^c   Van den Haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anomalous fading; IRSL; Luochuan; Old Chinese loess; Optical dating; OSL

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 34548042978     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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