Quantitative evaluation of mineral grains using automated SEM-EDS analysis and its application potential in optically stimulated luminescence dating

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Meyer, Michael C ^a,b   Austin, Peter ^c   Tropper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated mineralogy system; Chemical preparation; Electron probe micro analysis; Energy dispersive spectroscopy; Luminescence dating; QEMSCAN; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MINERALOGIES; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); LUMINESCENCE DATING; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; QEMSCAN; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FELDSPAR; LUMINESCENCE; MICA; MINERALS; PROBES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887434248     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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