Impact of gamma densitometry on the luminescence signal of quartz grains

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Couapel, Martine J J ^a   Bowles, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); GAMMA RAYS; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTS;

GAMMA DENSITOMETRY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); QUARTZ GRAINS;

QUARTZ;

DENSITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MARINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 33644540161     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-005-0009-8     Document Type: Article

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