ESR chronology of alluvial deposits and first human settlements of the Middle Loire Basin (Region Centre, France)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 381-384

  Voinchet, P ^a   Despriee J ^a   Tissoux, H ^a   Falgueres C ^a   Bahain, J J ^a   Gageonnet, R ^a   Depont J ^c   Dolo, J M ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c Société d'Archéologie et d'Histoire du Berry   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium centre; ESR dating; Fluvial deposits; Middle Loire Basin; Optically bleached quartz

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC; QUATERNARY;

FRANCE; LOIRE BASIN;

EID: 77649338106     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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