Sediment burial dating using terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides;Datierung des Uberdeckungsalters mit Hilfe von terrestrischen kosmogenen Nukliden

E and G Quaternary Science Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 210-225

  Dehnert, Andreas ^a   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

burial dating; cosmogenic nuclides; geochronology; numerical age determination; sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051936890     PISSN: 04247116     EISSN: 21999090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3285/eg.57.1-2.8     Document Type: Article

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