Dating past earthquakes and related sediments by thermoluminescence methods: A review

Quaternary International

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 104-146

  Fattahi, Morteza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 64549153672     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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