Dose evaluation using multiple-aliquot quartz OSL: Test of methods and a new protocol for improved accuracy and precision

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-80

  Jain, M ^a,b   Botter Jensen L ^b   Singhvi, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Equivalent dose; Normalisation; Quartz OSL; Scatter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FELDSPAR; GEOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREHEATING; QUARTZ;

EQUIVALENT DOSES; NORMALIZATION; QUARTZ OSL; SCATTER;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0038310431     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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