Assessing mixed dose distributions in young sediments identified using small aliquots and a simple two-step SAR procedure: The F-statistic as a diagnostic tool

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 425-431

  Spencer, Joel Q ^a,d   Sanderson, David C W ^a   Deckers, Katleen ^b,e   Sommerville, Anne A ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS;

SMALL ALIQUOTS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0037789605     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00064-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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