Residual OSL signals in modern fluvial sediments from the Yellow River (HuangHe) and the implications for dating young sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Hu, Gang ^a   Zhang, Jia Fu ^a   Qiu, Wei Li ^b   Zhou, Li Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Modern fluvial deposits; Residual OSL signals; Suspended sediments; The Yellow River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MINERALOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77649339821     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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