Progress towards robotic in-situ dating of martian sediments using optically stimulated luminescence

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2203-2217

  Kalchgruber, Regina ^a   Blair, Michael W ^a,c   McKeever, Stephen W S ^a   Benton, Eric R ^a   Reust, Dennis K ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICx Technologies   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic radiation; Luminescence dating; Mars; OSL

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; LUMINESCENCE; ROBOTICS; SEDIMENTS;

LUMINESCENCE DATING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL);

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36049028769     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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