Problems and potential of OSL dating Weichselian and Holocene sediments in Sweden

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-50

  Alexanderson, Helena ^a,b,c   Murray, Andrew S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE ESTIMATES; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; LATE QUATERNARY; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; QUARTZ OSL; SEDIMENT FACIES;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEICHSELIAN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79955751820     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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