On the frequency distributions per unit area of the projected and etchable lengths of surface-intersecting fission tracks: Influences of track revelation, observation and measurement

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-179

  Jonckheere, R ^a   Van Den Haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ETCHING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FISSION TRACKS;

FISSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0032644291     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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