Towards quantifying beta microdosimetric effects in single-grain quartz dose distribution

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 1032-1039

  Mayya, Y S ^a   Morthekai, P ^b   Murari, Madhav K ^b   Singhvi, A K ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Beta dose; Luminescence; Optical dating; Palaeodose distributions; Quartz; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BETA DOSE; OPTICAL DATING; PALAEODOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

DOSIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS;

QUARTZ;

EID: 33750031818     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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