Optical dating of deep-sea sediments using single grains of quartz: A comparison with radiocarbon

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Olley, J M ^a   De Deckker, P ^b   Roberts, R G ^c   Fifield, L K ^b   Yoshida, H ^c   Hancock, G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep sea core; Geochronology; Indian Ocean; Late Quaternary; Luminescence; Optical dating; Palaeoceanography; Radiocarbon; Single grains

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DEEP SEA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OPTICAL METHOD; QUARTZ;

EID: 3543125458     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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