Optical dating of coarse-silt sized quartz from loess: Evaluation of equivalent dose determinations and SAR procedural checks

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 923-929

  Roberts, H M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coarse silt; Loess; Loveland Iowa; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Procedural checks; Quartz; Single aliquot regenerative dose (SAR)

Indexed keywords

HYDROFLUOROSILICIC ACID; OPTICAL DATING; PREHEAT TEMPERATURES; PROCEDURAL CHECKS; SINGLE-ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE-DOSE (SAR);

DOSIMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

QUARTZ;

EID: 33750024060     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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