Esr dosimetryof fossil enamel: Some comments about measurement precision, long-term signal fading and dose-response curve fitting

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-476

  Duval, M ^a   Moreno, V Guilarte ^a   Grun R ^b  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; GAMMA RADIATION; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOSSILS; GAMMA RAYS; HORSES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84890012256     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct167     Document Type: Article

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