Testing the reliability of ESR dating of optically exposed buried quartz sediments

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1618-1626

  Rink, W J ^a   Bartoll, J ^a   Schwarcz, H P ^a   Shane, P ^b   Bar Yosef, O ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance dating; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Quartz; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LIQUID NITROGEN; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 36349015383     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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