First steps toward spatially resolved OSL dating with electron multiplying charge-coupled devices (EMCCDs): System design and image analysis

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 797-802

  Clark Balzan, Laine ^a   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dating; EMCCD; Luminescence; OSL; Spatially resolved

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CAMERA SENSITIVITY; DATING; ELECTRON MULTIPLYING CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; EMCCD; ERROR SOURCES; IMAGE-BASED; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; NATURAL QUARTZ; OSL; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

CAMERAS; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDES; QUARTZ;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84867057866     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.01.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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