ESR dating of sedimentary quartz from two pleistocene deposits using Al and Ti-centers

Geochronometria

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Tissoux, Hélène ^a,b   Toyoda, Shin ^a   Falguères, Christophe ^b   Voinchet, Pierre ^b   Takada, Masashi ^c   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^b   Despriée, Jackie ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bleaching; ESR dating; Regeneration; Ti H center; Ti Li center

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949177377     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-008-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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