A multi-method approach to dating middle and late Quaternary high relative sea-level events on NW Svalbard - A case study

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 326-340

  Alexanderson, Helena ^a   Landvik, Jon Y ^a   Molodkov, Anatoly ^b   Murray, Andrew S ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance (ESR); Glaciations; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Radiocarbon; Sea level; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79955756881     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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