Optical dating of late quaternary coastal deposits in northwestern Portugal

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 SUPPL. B, 2008, Pages 134-144

  Thomas, Puthusserry J ^a,d   Murray, Andrew S ^a   Granja, Helena M ^b   Jain, Mayank ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Neotectonics; OSL dating; Quartz

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY;

CAPE MONDEGO; COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO RIVER; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42149182454     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0702.1     Document Type: Article

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