Optical dating of drowned landscapes: A case study from the English Channel

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 201-208

  Mellett, Claire L ^a   Mauz, Barbara ^a   Plater, Andrew J ^a   Hodgson, David M ^a   Lang, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age model; Drowned landscapes; English Channel; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATING METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 84863776456     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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