Radiocarbon measurement by liquid scintillation spectrometry at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 520-528

  Plastino, Wolfango ^a,b   Kaihola, Lauri ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c PerkinElmer Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cosmic background; Environmental radioactivity background; Liquid scintillation spectrometry; Radiocarbon; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549099054     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08041-1     Document Type: Review

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