Recent results on the thermoluminescence properties of diaspore

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Correcher, Virgilio ^a   Garcia Guinea, Javier ^b   Valle Fuentes, Francisco José ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dating; Diaspore; Dosimetry; Mineral physics; Spectral emission; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; WATER; DIGITAL STORAGE; DOSIMETRY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

NATURAL DIASPORE; DATING; DIASPORE; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; MINERAL PHYSICS; PHYSICAL TRAPPING; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; SPECTRAL EMISSION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES;

GEOPHYSICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DIASPORE; MARS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; WATER;

EID: 0348172317     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018028     Document Type: Article

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