Relative response of TL and component-resolved OSL to alpha and beta radiations in annealed sedimentary quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1055-1064

  Polymeris, George S ^a,b   Afouxenidis, Dimitrios ^a,c   Raptis, Spyridoula ^a,c   Liritzis, Ioannis ^d   Tsirliganis, Nestor C ^a   Kitis, George ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^b IIK University   (Turkey)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Component resolved; Deconvolution; Irradiation; Relative response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA; BETA; BETA RADIATION; COMPONENT RESOLVED; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; IRRADIATION DOSE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ OSL; RELATIVE RESPONSE; REMAINING COMPONENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

DECONVOLUTION; IRRADIATION; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 80053215333     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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