Optically stimulated luminescence dating of young (<500 years old) sediments: Testing estimates of burial dose

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 406-422

  Pietsch, Timothy John ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Burial dose; OSL dating; Recent past; Single grain

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69749121120     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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