Establishing a luminescence chronology for a palaeosol-loess profile at Tokaj (Hungary): A comparison of quartz OSL and polymineral IRSL signals

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-74

  Schatz, Ann Kathrin ^a,b   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^b,c   Murray, Andrew ^b   Stevens, Thomas ^d,e   Scholten, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Hungary; Loess; OSL; Post IR IRSL; SAR

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; PLATEAU; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84863775557     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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