Reproducibility and utility of dune luminescence chronologies

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-39

  Leighton, Carly L ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a,b   Bailey, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Combining datasets; Linear sand dune; Net accumulation rate; OSL dating; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

RUB AL KHALI;

EID: 84890617836     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.11.007     Document Type: Review

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