The potential of using K-rich feldspars for optical dating of young coastal sediments - A test case from Darss-Zingst peninsula (southern Baltic Sea coast)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-222

  Reimann, Tony ^a   Tsukamoto, Sumiko ^a   Naumann, Michael ^b,c   Frechen, Manfred ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Elevated temperature post IR IR SAR protocol; Feldspar; Optical dating; Quartz; Subtraction dating

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LABORATORY METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DARSS-ZINGST ESTUARY; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

EID: 79952068323     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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