The use of the E' signal in flint for ESR dating

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1399-1404

  Skinner, Anne R ^a   Rudolph, Mark N ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DOSIMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEATING; QUARTZ; SILICA;

ESR DATING; FLINT; SIGNAL INTENSITY;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0030274103     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00252-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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