Constraining the age of rock art by dating a rockfall event using sediment and rock-surface luminescence dating techniques

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-25

  Chapot, M S ^a,b   Sohbati, R ^a   Murray, A S ^a   Pederson, J L ^b   Rittenour, T M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light penetration; OSL; Rock art; Rockfall; Surface dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOULDER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK ART; ROCKFALL;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

POPULUS;

EID: 84868211611     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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