On the performances of the single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol for Chinese loess: Fine quartz and polymineral grains

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Wang, Xulong ^a,d   Lu, Yanchou ^a,b   Zhao, Hua ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c CAGS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Post IR OSL; Chinese loess; Fine quartz OSL; Polymineral grain IRSL; SAR

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; MINERALOGY; MODULATION; QUARTZ;

CHINESE LOESS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); SINGLE-ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE-DOSE (SAR);

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 27844441231     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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