Post-IR IRSL dating of K-feldspar from Loess at Lowland Point, SW England : Developing a Chronology for Past Climate Records

• Main Author: Törnqvist, Elin
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2022
• Subjects: loess; post-IR IRSL; Lowland Point; SW England; Quaternary; löss; England; kvartär; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Kalla; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-476903

Loess deposits are terrestrial clastic sediments derived from aeolian deposition. Loess is transported in periglacial conditions and was mainly deposited in cold environments around glaciers during the Quaternary period. To be able to understand and interpret past climate and how it was changing, lo...