Evaluating a SAR TT-OSL protocol for dating fine-grained quartz within Late Pleistocene loess deposits in the Missouri and Mississippi river valleys, United States

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-97

  Brown, Nathan D ^a   Forman, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Loess; Luminescence; Marine oxygen isotope stage; Mississippi river; OSL; TT OSL

Indexed keywords

LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VALLEY;

COLORADO; LOVELAND; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867197482     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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