Luminescence dating of holocene sedimentary deposits on Rømø, a barrier island in the Wadden sea, Denmark

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1247-1256

  Madsen, A T ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Andersen, T J ^a   Pejrup, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

barrier island; OSL; quartz; SAR protocol; sea level

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BARRIER ISLAND; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; ROMO; SYDDANMARK; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 78649430265     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610374883     Document Type: Article

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