Overcoming environmental dose rate changes in luminescence dating of waterlain deposits

Geochronometria

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Li, Bo ^a   Li, Sheng Hua ^a   Wintle, Ann G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose rate; Isochron dating; K feldspar; Optical dating; Uptake of radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949193765     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-008-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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