Colluvial and alluvial sediment archives temporally resolved by OSL dating: Implications for reconstructing soil erosion

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Fuchs, M ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Reverman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Colluvium; Geoarchaeology; Germany; Holocene; Insufficient bleaching; Optical dating; Quartz; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 77649339987     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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