Luminescence dating of archaeosediments: A comparison of K-feldspar and plagioclase IRSL ages

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Barré, Magali ^a,b   Lamothe, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Anomalous fading; IR luminescence; K feldspar; Plagioclase; SEM

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELDSPAR; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLAGIOCLASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77649340054     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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