Luminescence dating of Würmian (Weichselian) proglacial sediments from Switzerland: methodological aspects and stratigraphical conclusions

Boreas

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-142

  Preusser, Frank ^a   Blei, Andreas ^b   Graf, Hansruedi ^c   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85089081490     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.tb01187.x     Document Type: Article

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