Total beta and gamma dose rates in trapped charge dating based on beta counting

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 352-359

  Ankjaergaard C ^a,b   Murray, A S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beta counting; Beta dose rate; Gamma dose rate; KUT; Luminescence dating; Radionuclide concentrations

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAMMA RAYS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BETA COUNTING; BETA DOSE RATE; GAMMA DOSE RATE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; KUT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34249332061     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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