Examining the potential of high sampling resolution OSL dating of Chinese loess

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Stevens, Thomas ^a   Armitage, Simon J ^a   Lu, Huayu ^b,c   Thomas, David S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese loess plateau; OSL; SAR; Standardized growth curve

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; HOMOGENEITY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIONUCLIDE;

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

EID: 34548043214     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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