Concepts and approaches to in situ luminescence dating of martian sediments

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 527-534

  McKeever, S W S ^a   Banerjee, D ^a   Blair, M ^a   Clifford, S M ^b   Clowdsley, M S ^c   Kim, S S ^d   Lamothe, M ^e   Lepper, K ^f   Leuschen, M ^g   McKeever, K J ^a,g   Prather, M ^g   Rowland, A ^a   Reust, D ^g   Sears, D W G ^h   Wilson, J W ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g ICx Technologies   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SEDIMENTS;

IN SITU LUMINESCENCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROCLIMATE; ROBOTICS; SEDIMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; MARS; PROTONS; ROBOTICS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0038480763     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00025-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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