Chronology and the upper dating limit for loess samples from Luochuan section in the Chinese Loess Plateau using quartz OSL SAR protocol

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-185

  Lai, ZhongPing ^a,b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese loess; Luminescence dating; Luochuan section; Silt sized quartz OSL; Upper dating range

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BRUNHES CHRON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIATUS; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOSOL; QUARTZ; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; LUOCHUAN; SHAANXI;

EID: 70349751960     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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