Optically stimulated luminescence dating of young quartz using the fast component

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 423-428

  Cunningham, Alastair C ^a   Wallinga, Jakob ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Deconvolution; Fast component; Luminescence dating; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT SIGNALS; DECAY CONSTANTS; DECAY CURVES; DECAY RATE; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; EQUIVALENT DOSE; ERROR TERMS; EXPONENTIALS; FAST COMPONENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEDIUM COMPONENTS; MONTE CARLO; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL DATING;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; CONVOLUTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); LUMINESCENCE; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 70249106084     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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