The effects of disequilibria in the uranium and thorium decay chains on burial dose rates in fluvial sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 751-760

  Olley, Jon M ^a   Murray, Andrew ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEQUILIBRIUM; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; LUIMINESCENCE DATING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIONUCLIDE DECAY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030302645     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(96)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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