Optical dating of quartz and feldspars: A comparative study from Wonderkrater, a Middle Stone Age site of South Africa

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 374-379

  Barré, Magali ^a   Lamothe, Michel ^a   Backwell, Lucinda ^b   McCarthy, Terence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; IR luminescence; K feldspar; Peat; Quartz

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FELDSPAR; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PEAT; QUARTZ;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; WONDERKRATER;

EID: 84863776585     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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