Measurement of luminescent banding in speleothems: Some techniques and limitations

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Crowell, Bryan E ^a   White, William B ^b  

^a Meiser and Earl Inc   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Luminescence banding; Spectroscopy; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858767124     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.41.1.6     Document Type: Article

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