Luminescence dating of hillslope deposits-A review

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Fuchs, M ^a   Lang, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colluvium; Geoarchaeology; Geomorphology; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FELDSPAR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349083596     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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