Natural sunlight bleaching of the ESR titanium center in quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Gao, Lu ^a   Yin, Gong Ming ^a   Liu, Chun Ru ^a   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^b   Lin, Min ^a,c   Li, Jian Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

ESR dating; Natural sunlight bleaching; Quartz; Sediments; Titanium center

Indexed keywords

ESR DATING; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; NATURAL SUNLIGHT BLEACHING; SANDY BEACH; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SIGNAL RANGE; SOLAR LIGHT; TITANIUM CENTER; TITANIUM CENTERS;

BLEACHING; ELECTROSLAG REMELTING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TITANIUM;

CLEANING;

EID: 70249118518     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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