Disequilibria in the uranium decay series in sedimentary deposits at Allen's Cave, Nullarbor Plain, Australia: Implications for dose rate determinations

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 433-443

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE (ESR) DATING; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; LUMINESCENCE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0031123170     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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