Constraining the age and formation of stone runs in the Falkland Islands using Optically Stimulated Luminescence

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Hansom, James D ^a   Evans, David J A ^b   Sanderson, David C W ^c   Bingham, Robert G ^d   Bentley, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; OSL dating; Palaeoclimate; Stone runs

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; EMPLACEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; QUARTZ;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 37249029242     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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