Geological investigation and optical dating of Quaternary siliciclastic sediments near Apalachicola, North-west Florida, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1836-1849

  Burdette, Kevin E ^a,c   Rink, William J ^a   López, Gloria I ^a   Mallinson, David J ^b   Parham, Peter R ^b   Reinhardt, Eduard G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Optically stimulated luminescence

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COSMOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; OPTICAL DATING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; SINGLE ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE DOSE;

LUMINESCENCE;

DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OPTICAL METHOD; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TERTIARY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866454563     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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