Investigating the chronostratigraphy of prominent palaeosols in Lower Austria using post-IR IRSL dating;Untersuchungen zur Chronostratographie von bekannten Paläoböden in Niederösterreich mittels post-IR IRSL-Datierung

E and G Quaternary Science Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-152

  Thiel, Christine ^a,b   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^b,c   Murray, Andrew S ^b   Terhorst, Birgit ^d   Tsukamoto, Sumiko ^a   Frechen, Manfred ^a   Sprafke, Tobias ^a,d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fading; loess; Lower Austria; Middle Pleistocene; post IR IRSL

Indexed keywords

EID: 85152707224     PISSN: 04247116     EISSN: 21999090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3285/eg.60.1.10     Document Type: Article

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