Construction of a quartz OSL standardised growth curve (SGC) for aeolian samples from the horqin dunefield in Northeastern China

Geochronometria

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-396

  Yang, Linhai ^a,b   Lai, Zhongping ^b   Long, Hao ^b,c   Zhang, Jingran ^b,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian samples; Horqin dunefield in northeastern China; OSL dating; Standardised growth curve (SGC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155211775     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13386-011-0045-2     Document Type: Article

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