The partial heat - longest plateau technique: Testing TL dating of Middle and Upper Quaternary volcanic eruptions in the Eifel Area, Germany

E and G Quaternary Science Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-106

  Zöller, Ludwig ^a   Blanchard, Henrik ^a,b  

^a Univ Poppelsdorfer Schlo   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anomalous fading; dating; Eifel Volcanic Field; maar tephra; thermoluminescence; volcanic eruptions; xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955161657     PISSN: 04247116     EISSN: 21999090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3285/eg.58.1.05     Document Type: Article

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