Luminescence Dating Methods

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-35

  Wintle, A G ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archeology; Dating; Luminescence

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS;

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES; ARCHEOLOGY; DATING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENTARY GRAINS; VISUAL PRESENTATION;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84903796843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01203-1     Document Type: Chapter

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