Dating and analysis of speleosediments from Aridaia at Macedonia, Greece

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Zacharias, N ^a   Kabouroglou, E ^b   Bassiakos, Y ^a   Michael, C T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absolute dating; Alpha counting; Greece; Luminescence; OSL; Speleosediments; XRF

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CAVES; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS; CHEMICAL PROCESSING; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FINE SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (GSD); LATE PLEISTOCENE; MACEDONIA; RIVER FLOWS;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 45249118372     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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