Existence of a common growth curve for silt-sized quartz OSL of loess from different continents

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1432-1440

  Lai, Zhong Ping ^a   Brückner, Helmut ^a   Zöller, Ludwig ^b   Fülling, Alexander ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common growth curve (CGC); Loess; Luminescence; Quartz OSL

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ;

COMMON GROWTH CURVE (CGC); CONTINENTS; LOESS; QUARTZ OSL;

SOILS;

EID: 36048999587     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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