Luminescence dating indicates radiocarbon age underestimation in late Pleistocene fluvial deposits from eastern England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 916-927

  Briant, Rebecca M ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devensian; Fluvial; Optically stimulated luminescence; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEVENSIAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450284653     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1258     Document Type: Article

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