Luminescence properties of single grain quartz to determine the history of a sample from the Sahara Desert

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 96-101

  Moska, P ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Bluszcz, A ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Luminescence dating; OSL dating; Single grain; TAC analysis

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CHARCOAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SAHARA;

EID: 77649340374     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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