Fluvial aggradation phases in the Upper Rhine Graben-new insights by quartz OSL dating

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-161

  Lauer, Tobias ^a   Frechen, Manfred ^a   Hoselmann, Christian ^b   Tsukamoto, Sumiko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Hessian Agency for Environment and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluvial dynamics; Heidelberg Basin; OSL dating; Quartz; Upper Rhine Graben

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY; RIVER SYSTEM;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; HEIDELBERG; RHINE GRABEN;

EID: 77952716646     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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