On the internal radioactivity in quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 771-775

  Vandenberghe, D ^a   De Corte, F ^b   Buylaert, J P ^a   Kucera J ^c   Van den haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dose rate; k0 method; Luminescence dating; Neutron activation; Quartz

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOSIMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVITY;

BULK MATERIALS; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (INAA); LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENTARY QUARTZ;

QUARTZ;

EID: 46549083292     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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