Surmounting luminescence age overestimation in Alaska-margin Arctic Ocean sediments by use of 'micro-hole' quartz dating

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1750-1769

  Berger, Glenn W ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska margin; Arctic ocean; Chukchi sea; Geochronology; Holocene; Luminescence; Marine cores

Indexed keywords

ALASKA MARGIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; HOLOCENES; MARINE CORES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOTURBATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILT;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957978499     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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