Potential of quartz OSL dating on moraine deposits from eastern Tibetan Plateau using SAR protocol

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Ou, XianJiao ^a,b,c   Xu, LiuBing ^a,b   Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Long, Hao ^a   He, Zhong ^d   Fan, QiShun ^a   Zhou, ShangZhe ^b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIAYING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Luminescence dating; Moraine deposits; Quartz OSL

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GLACIOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; QUATERNARY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77649342734     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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