Dose response, thermal stability and optical bleaching of the 310 °C isothermal TL signal in quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1285-1293

  Jain, M ^a,b   Duller, G A T ^a   Wintle, A G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Isothermal TL; Kinetics; Optical sensitivity; Quartz; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRRADIATION; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

FIRST ORDER DECAY FUNCTIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; OPTICAL BLEACHING; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

QUARTZ;

EID: 36049039989     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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