Luminescence characteristics and dose distributions for quartz and feldspar grains from Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-135

  Gliganic, Luke A ^a   Jacobs, Zenobia ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite mixture model; Post IR IRSL; Sediment mixing; Signal characterisation; Single grains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890251758     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0085-9     Document Type: Article

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