Late Weichselian (fluvio-)aeolian sediments and Holocene drift-sands of the classic type locality in Twente (E Netherlands): A high-resolution dating study using optically stimulated luminescence

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-113

  Vandenberghe, D A G ^a   Derese, C ^a   Kasse, C ^b   Van den Haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coversand; Dinkel valley; High resolution; Late Weichselian; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

COVERSAND; DINKEL VALLEY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE WEICHSELIAN; OPTICAL DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; PAVEMENTS; PERMAFROST; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PODZOL; REDEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TYPE LOCALITY;

NETHERLANDS; OVERIJSSEL; TWENTE;

EID: 84875257738     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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