Developments in optically stimulated luminescence age control for geoarchaeological sediments and hearths in western New South Wales, Australia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 348-352

  Rhodes, Edward J ^a   Fanning, Patricia C ^b   Holdaway, Simon J ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Fluvial sediments; Hearths; OSL; Radiocarbon; Single grain

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77649338310     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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