An investigation of pulsed-irradiation regeneration of quartz OSL and its implications for the precision and accuracy of optical dating (Paper II)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-359

  Bailey, R M ^a   Armitage, S J ^a   Stokes, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Dose rate; Optical dating; Precision; Pulsed irradiation; Quartz

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRAPS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEATING; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACCURACY; DOSE-RATE; OPTICAL DATING; PRECISION; PULSED-IRRADIATION;

QUARTZ;

EID: 13444252412     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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