Quartz thermoluminescence: Dose and dose-rate effects and their implications

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-63

  Chawla, Santa ^a,c   Gundu Rao, T K ^b   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DOSE-RATE EFFECTS;

QUARTZ;

EID: 0031996329     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00200-X     Document Type: Article

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