Developing luminescence dating for extraterrestrial applications: Characterization of martian simulants and minerals

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-399

  Blair, M W ^a,b   Kalchgruber, R ^a   McKeever, S W S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating; Mars; OSL

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

MARS; MARTIAN DATING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); SINGLE-ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE-DOSE (SAR) TECHNIQUE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 34249337108     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.038     Document Type: Article

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