Compositional Inhomogeneity of Sediments and Its Potential Effects on Dose Rate Estimation for Electron Spin Resonance Dating of Tooth Enamel

Archaeometry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Mellars, P A ^a   Zhou, L P ^a,b,c   Marseglia, E A ^c  

^a MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose rate; Electron spin resonance dating; Particle size; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031542679     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1997.tb00796.x     Document Type: Article

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