Comparison of single-grain and small-aliquot OSL dose estimates in <3000 years old river sediments from South India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-469

  Thomas, P J ^a,d   Jain, M ^b,c   Juyal, N ^a   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Fluvial; Partial bleach; Quartz; River Penner; Single grain

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUARTZ; RIVERS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; FLUVIAL; PARTIAL BLEACH; RIVER PENNER; SINGLE GRAIN;

SEDIMENTS;

BLEACH; FLOODS; GRAIN; LOADS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 14544293473     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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