Galactic cosmic-ray-produced thermoluminescence profiles in meteorites, lunar samples and a terrestrial analog

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-289

  Benoit, Paul H ^a   Chen, Yongheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEORITES; MOON;

GALACTIC COSMIC RAY PRODUCED THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0030107484     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(95)00302-9     Document Type: Article

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