Underestimation of fine grain quartz OSL dating towards the Eemian: Comparison with palynostratigraphy from Azzano Decimo, northeastern Italy

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-590

  Lowick, Sally E ^a   Preusser, Frank ^a   Pini, Roberta ^b   Ravazzi, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine grain quartz; Italy; OSL; SAR; SARA; Underestimation

Indexed keywords

EEMIAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

AZZANO DECIMO; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; PORDENONE;

EID: 77956344526     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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