Zeroing tests of luminescence sediment dating in the Arctic Ocean: Review and new results from Alaska-margin core tops and central-ocean dirty sea ice

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 48-57

  Berger, Glenn W ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; geochronology; luminescence; marine sediments; sea ice

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA ICE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TESTING METHOD;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 67849086700     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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