Chronology of cauvery delta sediments from shallow subsurface cores using elevated-temperature post-IR IRSL dating of feldspar

Geochronometria

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-47

  Alappat, L ^a   Tsukamoto, S ^a   Singh, P ^b   Srikanth, D ^b   Ramesh, R ^c   Frechen, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cauvery delta; elevated temperature IRSL; fluvial sediments; K feldspar; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651105271     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-010-0025-1     Document Type: Article

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