Optically stimulated luminescence dating: Procedures and applications to geomorphological research in France;Les datations par luminescence optique: Procédures et applications à la recherche géomorphologique en France

Geomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-40

  Cordier, Stéphane ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

France; Holocene; IRSL; Iuminescence; OSL; Pleistocene; Sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649814450     PISSN: 12665304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/geomorphologie.7785     Document Type: Article

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