An assessment of the luminescence sensitivity of australian quartz with respect to sediment history

Geochronometria

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-208

  Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Luminescence signal sensitivity; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Sediment history; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155144574     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13386-011-0030-9     Document Type: Article

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