AMS 14C and OSL/IRSL dating of the Dunaszekcső loess sequence (Hungary): Chronology for 20 to 150ka and implications for establishing reliable age-depth models for the last 40ka

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-154

  Újvári, Gábor ^a   Molnár, Mihály ^a   Novothny, Ágnes ^b   Páll Gergely, Barna ^c   Kovács, János ^d   Várhegyi, András ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hungary; Loess; Mollusc; OSL and IRSL dating; Paleosol; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; SEDIMENTS;

HUNGARY; LOESS; OSL AND IRSL DATING; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

MOLLUSCS;

CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; GASTROPOD; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); HUNGARY;

CHONDRULA TRIDENS; CLAUSILIIDAE; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VITREA CRYSTALLINA;

EID: 85027921988     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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