OSL dating of a Holocene loess-paleosol sequence in the southern Loess Plateau, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1071-1079

  Jia, Yaofeng ^a   Huang, Chunchang ^b   Mao, Longjiang ^c  

^a North University for Nationalities   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Holocene; Loess; OSL dating; Polymineral; SAR

Indexed keywords

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; HOLOCENES; LOESS; OSL DATING; POLYMINERAL; SAR;

QUARTZ;

LUMINESCENCE;

AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; QUARTZ;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 80053133197     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0925-z     Document Type: Article

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