Decomposition of the laboratory gamma irradiation component of angular ESR spectra of fossil tooth enamel fragments

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1798-1808

  Joannes Boyau, Renaud ^a   Grün, Rainer ^a   Bodin, Thomas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO 2 radicals; Enamel fragment; ESR dating

Indexed keywords

ESR SPECTRA; FOSSIL TOOTH ENAMEL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; NON-ORIENTED; SPECTRUM DECOMPOSITION; TRANSFER PROCESS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; OCEAN HABITATS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 78449265994     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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