A comparison of TT-OSL and post-IR IRSL dating of coastal deposits on Cap Bon peninsula, north-eastern Tunisia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-217

  Thiel, Christine ^a,b   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^a,b   Murray, Andrew S ^a   Elmejdoub, Noureddine ^c   Jedoui, Younes ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cap Bon peninsula; Coastal terraces; Post IR IRSL; TT OSL; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; TERRACE;

CAPE BON; NABEUL; TUNISIA;

EID: 84863779319     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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