Electron spin resonance dating of teeth from Western Brazilian megafauna - Preliminary results

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 842-846

  Kinoshita, Angela ^a,b   Jose, Flávio A ^a   Sundaram, Dharani ^c   Paixão, Jesus Da S ^c   Soares, Isabella R M ^c   Figueiredo, Ana Maria ^d   Baffa, Oswaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of Sagrado Coraão   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dating; Electron Spin Resonance, ESR; Tooth

Indexed keywords

DATING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; EQUIVALENT DOSE; MEGAFAUNA; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATES; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

ELECTRONS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; URANIUM;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052918406     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.05.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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