Testing the reliability of quartz OSL ages beyond the Eemian

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 776-780

  Murray, Andrew ^a   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^a   Henriksen, Mona ^b   Svendsen, John Inge ^b   Mangerud, Jan ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eemian; OSL dating; Quartz; Underestimation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRAPPING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUARTZ; SAND; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLUVIAL SAND; MARINE ISOTOPE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); ORGANIC-RICH LAYER;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 46549086904     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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