Development of methods for in situ dating of martian sediments

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 750-754

  McKeever, Stephen W S ^a   Kalchgruber, Regina ^a   Blair, Michael W ^a   Deo, Shubhada ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); SIMULANTS; SINGLE ALIQUOT REGENERATION (SAR); STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; SURVEYING;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 33750028498     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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