Calibration of daybreak thick source alpha counter and preliminary study of influencing factors

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-644

  Wang, Tong Li ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Yang, Chuan Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Annual dose; Calibration; Loss of radon; Luminescence dating; Thick source alpha counting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

EID: 33645768142     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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