Portable gamma spectrometry with cerium-doped lanthanum bromide scintillators: Suitability assessments for luminescence and electron spin resonance dating applications

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Arnold, L J ^a   Duval, M ^a   Falgueres C ^b   Bahain, J J ^b   Demuro, M ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance dating; Lanthanum bromide; Luminescence dating; Portable gamma ray spectrometry; Scintillator detectors; Sodium iodide

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; LANTHANUM; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RESONANCE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETRY; SPIN DYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATERSHEDS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; LANTHANUM BROMIDE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SODIUM IODIDES;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84155163009     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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