Effects of thermal treatment on TL and EPR of flints and their importance in TL-dating: Application to French Mousterian sites of Les Forêts (Dordogne) and Jiboui (Drôme)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-385

  Duttine, M ^a   Guibert, P ^a   Perraut, A ^a   Lahaye, C ^a   Bechtel, F ^a   Villeneuve, G ^a  

^a UMR 5060 CNRS Univ De B ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Annealing conditions; Dating; EPR; Flint; Mousterian; TL

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DOSIMETRY; ETCHING; MORTAR; OPTICAL FILTERS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CHARGE FILLING; CHARGE TRAP; THERMAL ANNEALING; TRAP DISTRIBUTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 13444273031     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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