Dating the Kawakawa/Oruanui eruption: Comment on "Optical luminescence dating of a loess section containing a critical tephra marker horizon, SW North Island of New Zealand" by R. Grapes et al.

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-496

  Lowe, David J ^a   Wilson, C J N ^b   Newnham, R M ^c   Hogg, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C dating; Isochron; Kawakawa tephra; LGM; Loess; Luminescence dating; New Zealand; Oruanui eruption

Indexed keywords

EUTHYNNUS AFFINIS; VITACEAE;

EID: 77955509096     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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