Thermal pre-treatment in the OSL dating of quartz: Is it necessary?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 470-473

  Ankjaergaard C ^a,b   Murray, A S ^a   Denby, P M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; QUARTZ; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749651675     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci501     Document Type: Article

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