A revised burial dose estimation procedure for optical dating of youngand modern-age sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-325

  Arnold, L J ^a   Roberts, R G ^a   Galbraith, R F ^b   DeLong, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arroyo; Fluvial sediments; Minimum age model; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Single grain; Un logged age models

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DATING METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MODELING; OPTICAL METHOD;

EID: 67349249980     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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