The trouble with "probability density" plots of fission track ages

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 29, Issue 2-6, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Galbraith, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FISSION TRACKS; GRAIN FISSION TRACK AGES; PROBABILITY DENSITY;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032036269     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00247-3     Document Type: Article

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