K-feldspar IRSL dating of a Pleistocene river terrace staircase sequence of the Lower Tejo River (Portugal, western Iberia)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Martins, António A ^a   Cunha, Pedro P ^b   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^c   Huot, Sébastien ^d   Murray, Andrew S ^c   Dinis, Pedro ^b   Stokes, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous fading; Fluvial terraces; IRSL; K feldspar; Optical dating; Portugal; Tejo River

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 77949267153     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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