Stepped-irradiation SAR: A viable approach to circumvent OSL equivalent dose underestimation in last glacial loess of northwestern China

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Qin, J T ^a   Zhou, L P ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age underestimation; OSL; Stepped irradiation

Indexed keywords

AGE UNDERESTIMATION; DOSE-RATE EFFECTS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EXPECTED VALUES; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; NATURAL RADIATION; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; OSL; SAR PROTOCOL; STEPPED IRRADIATION; THERMAL TREATMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEAT TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

RADIATION;

EID: 70249123808     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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