Fluvial transport as a natural luminescence sensitiser of quartz

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-376

  Pietsch, Timothy J ^a   Olley, Jonathan M ^a   Nanson, Gerald C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bedload transport; Castlereagh river; OSL; Sensitivity; Single grain

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; BLEACHING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CASTLEREAGH RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 44649108983     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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