Beta doses in tooth enamel by "one-group" theory and the ROSY ESR dating software

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-314

  Brennan, B J ^a   Rink, W J ^b   McGuirl, E L ^b   Schwarcz, H P ^b   Prestwich, W V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; THORIUM; TOOTH ENAMEL; URANIUM;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE (ESR) DATING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ROSY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031120809     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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