Component resolved IR bleaching study of the blue LM-OSL signal of various quartz samples

Geochronometria

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Polymeris, George S ^a   Kiyak, Nafiye G ^b   Kitis, George ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^b ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Component resolved analysis; Decomposition; Infra red (IR) stimulation; LM OSL; Quartz

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749109036     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-008-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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