Sedimentary documents and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating for formation of the present landform of the northern Ulan Buh Desert, northern China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1675-1682

  Fan, YuXin ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Fan, TianLai ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Yang, LiPing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Formation; OSL dating; Ulan buh desert landform

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES; FORMATION; NORTHERN CHINA; OPTICAL DATING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL DATING; RESEARCH RESULTS; SHALLOW LAKES;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84862789233     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-3085-1     Document Type: Article

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