Luminescence chronology of the loess record from the Tönchesberg section: A comparison of using quartz and feldspar as dosimeter to extend the age range beyond the Eemian

Quaternary International

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 10-22

  Schmidt, E D ^a,b,c   Frechen, M ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Tsukamoto, S ^a   Bittmann, F ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; EEMIAN; FELDSPAR; INTERGLACIAL; LATE GLACIAL; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOSOL; QUARTZ; TEPHRA;

EIFEL; GERMANY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 79951959675     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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