All mixed up: Using single-grain equivalent dose distributions to identify phases of pedogenic mixing on a dryland alluvial fan

Quaternary International

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-33

  Gliganic, L A ^a   May, J H ^a   Cohen, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite mixture model; Optically stimulated luminescence; Pedogenesis; Pedoturbation; Post depositional mixing; Soils

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84930375693     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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