Investigating the optically stimulated luminescence dose saturation behavior for quartz grains from dune sands in China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-143

  Gong, Zhijun ^a   Sun, Jimin ^a   Lü, Tongyan ^b   Tian, Zhonghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dose response curve; Dose saturation level; Hunshandake sandy land; Quartz; Taklimakan desert

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; DATING METHOD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DUNE; HEATING; OPTICAL METHOD; QUARTZ; SATURATION;

CHINA; HUNSHANDAKE DESERT; NEI MONGGOL; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84901643599     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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