Electron sin resonance (ESR) dating of Quaternary materials;Elektronen Spin Resonanz (ESR)-Datierung quartarer Materialien

E and G Quaternary Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 150-178

  Schellmann, Gerhard ^a   Beerten, Koen ^b   Radtke, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

dating; Electron spin resonance; geochronology; littoral; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976629357     PISSN: 04247116     EISSN: 21999090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3285/eg.57.1-2.6     Document Type: Article

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