Dating Saharan dust deposits on Lanzarote (Canary Islands) by luminescence dating techniques and their implication for palaeoclimate reconstruction of NW Africa

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Von Suchodoletz, H ^a   Fuchs, M ^a   Zoller L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Human occupation; Insufficient bleaching; Land sea correlation; Luminescence dating; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649111418     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001658     Document Type: Article

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