The development and application of luminescence dating to loess deposits: A perspective on the past, present and future

Boreas

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-507

  Roberts, Helen M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 62649102795     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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