An overview of Red-thermoluminescence (RTL) studies on heated quartz and RTL application to dosimetry and dating

Geochronometria

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Luminescence dating; OSL RTL IRSL phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949127063     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-008-0011-z     Document Type: Article

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