A combined luminescence and radiocarbon dating study of Holocene lacustrine sediments from arid northern China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Long, Hao ^a,b   Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Wang, NaiAng ^c   Zhang, JingRan ^a,b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

14C dating; Arid northern China; Hard water reservoir effect; Holocene lacustrine sediments; Quartz OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; RESERVOIR;

CHINA;

EID: 78449255217     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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