Dating of quaternary sediments by optically stimulated luminescence: A review;Datation des sédiments quaternaires par luminescence stimulée optiquement: Un état de la question

Quaternaire

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-204

  Mercier, Norbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche en Physique Appliquée à l'Archéologie CRP2A   (France)

Author keywords

Dating; Optically stimulated luminescence; OSL; Quaternary; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT;

EID: 56849127088     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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