The potential of optically stimulated luminescence for dating periglacial slope deposits - A case study from the Taunus area, Germany

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Hulle D ^a   Hilgers, A ^a   Kuhn P ^b   Radtke, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Luminescence dating; Periglacial slope deposits; Solifluction layers; Taunus

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; SOLIFLUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; TAUNUS;

EID: 67349127265     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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