Accelerator mass spectrometry of the actinides

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-290

  Fifield, L K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Plutonium; Uranium 236

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE; HEAVY METAL; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 41049115949     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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