OSL quartz age underestimation due to unstable signal components

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-362

  Steffen, Damian ^a   Preusser, Frank ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

De underestimation; Fast component; OSL; Quartz; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69749126656     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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