Orange River alluvial terraces: is luminescence dating a useful teal?

Authors
Bateman, MD Holmes, PJ
Citation
Md. Bateman et Pj. Holmes, Orange River alluvial terraces: is luminescence dating a useful teal?, S AFR J SCI, 95(2), 1999, pp. 57-58
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary
Journal title
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00382353 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
57 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-2353(199902)95:2<57:ORATIL>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report on an initial attempt to apply luminescence dating to a sample fr om a fossil alluvial channel bar deposit situated on a terrace similar to 5 0 m above the present course of the Orange River approximately 7 km west of Aliwal North on Rotondo farm. Our findings show that such alluvium is with in the range of luminescence dating, and that the alluvial terrace gravels may be younger than was previously speculated.