Luminescence characteristics of quartz from the Southern Kenyan Rift Valley: Dose estimation using LM-OSL SAR

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 847-854

  Choi, J H ^a,b   Duller, G A T ^b   Wintle, A G ^b   Cheong, C S ^a  

^a Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); TERNARY DIAGRAM;

ANNEALING; DISINTEGRATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOIONIZATION; SAMPLING;

QUARTZ;

EID: 33750034127     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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