Separate assessment of natural beta and gamma dose-rates with TL from α-Al2O3:C single-crystal chips

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-162

  Kalchgruber, R ^a,b   Wagner, G A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al2 O3C; ; Dose rate; Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; LUMINESCENCE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DOSE RATE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL CHIPS; THERMALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33750568731     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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