A medieval settlement caught in the sand: Optical dating of sand-drifting at Pulle (N Belgium)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 336-341

  Derese, Cilia ^a   Vandenberghe, Dimitri ^a   Eggermont, Nele ^b   Bastiaens, Jan ^b   Annaert, Rica ^b   Van den haute, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drift sand; Holocene; Optically stimulated luminescence; Quartz

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MIDDLE AGES; QUARTZ;

BELGIUM;

EID: 77649336718     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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