Geochronological reconstruction of the Pleistocene evolution of the Sarre valley (France and Germany) using OSL and ESR dating techniques

Geomorphology

Volumn 165-166, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-106

  Cordier, Stéphane ^a,b   Harmand, Dominique ^c   Lauer, Tobias ^b,d   Voinchet, Pierre ^e   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^e   Frechen, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

ESR; Fluvial terraces; Moselle River; OSL; Pleistocene; Sarre River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE;

FRANCE; GERMANY; MOSELLE RIVER;

EID: 84863627656     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.038     Document Type: Article

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