Assessing the time of final deposition of Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Middle Son Valley, northern India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 399, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-139

  Neudorf, C M ^a,b   Roberts, R G ^a   Jacobs, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; India; Optical dating; Palaeoenvironments; Toba eruption; YTT

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ASH;

INDIA; SON VALLEY;

EID: 84896747679     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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