Chronological studies of tree-rings from the Amazon Basin using thick target PIXE and proton backscattering analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 240-247

  Martins, José Vanderlei ^a   Artaxo, Paulo ^a   Ferraz, Epaminondas S B ^a   Tabacniks, Manfredo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; PROTONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION; PROTON BACKSCATTERING ANALYSIS; TREE RINGS;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033515191     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)01035-0     Document Type: Article

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