Single-grain and multi-grain OSL dating of river terrace sediments in the Tabernas Basin, SE Spain

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-218

  Geach, M R ^a   Thomsen, K J ^b   Buylaert, J P ^b,c   Murray, A S ^c   Mather, A E ^a   Telfer, M W ^a   Stokes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate; Fluvial; OSL; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; TECTONICS; TERRACE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TABERNAS;

EID: 84947020338     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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