A high resolution optical dating study of the mostistea loess-palaeosol sequence (Se Romania) using sand-sized quartz

Geochronometria

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Vasiliniuc, S ^a,b   Timar Gabor, A ^a   Vandenberghe, D A G ^b   Panaiotu, C G ^c   Begy, R C ^a   Cosma, C ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

63 90 m quartz; High resolution; Loess; Optical dating; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957856441     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13386-011-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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