Dating quartz near saturation - Simulations and application at archaeological sites in South Africa and South Carolina

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 416-421

  Feathers, James K ^a   Pagonis, Vasilis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay constants; Fast ratio; Quartz OSL; Saturation; Single grains

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATING METHOD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947024283     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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