Determination of burial dose in incompletely bleached fluvial samples using single grains of quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-379

  Thomsen, K J ^a   Murray, A S ^a,b   Botter Jensen L ^a   Kinahan, J ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Quaternary Research Services   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Dose estimation; Incomplete bleaching; OSL; Quartz; Single grains

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; QUARTZ;

DOSE ESTIMATION; INCOMPLETE BLEACHING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); SINGLE GRAINS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34249292990     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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