OSL dating of sediments from the Gobi Desert, Southern Mongolia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Hulle D ^a   Hilgers, A ^a   Radtke, U ^b   Stolz, C ^c   Hempelmann, N ^c   Grunert, J ^c   Felauer, T ^d   Lehmkuhl, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fading; Feldspar; Mongolia; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ARIDITY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

GOBI DESERT;

EID: 77649342082     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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