Luminescence dating of Chinese loess beyond 130 ka using the non-fading signal from K-feldspar

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-31

  Li, Bo ^a,b   Li, Sheng Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

K feldspar; Luminescence dating; Luochuan loess; Post IR IRSL

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; FELDSPAR; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOSOL; SATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; LUOCHUAN; SHAANXI;

EID: 84863783093     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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