Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) as a chronometer for surface exposure dating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Sohbati, Reza ^a,b   Murray, Andrew S ^a   Chapot, Melissa S ^c,d   Jain, Mayank ^b   Pederson, Joel ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; ROCKFALL; SAMPLING; SANDSTONE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84866649635     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009383     Document Type: Article

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