OSL dating of an inland dune along the lower River Scheldt near Aard (East Flanders, Belgium)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Bogemans, F ^a   Vandenberghe, D ^b  

^a Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DUNE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; SCHELDT RIVER;

EID: 80053120753     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600000640     Document Type: Article

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