Luminescence characteristics of quartz from Brazilian sediments and constraints for OSL dating

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1303-1316

  Guedes, Carlos Conforti Ferreira ^a   Sawakuchi, André O ^a   Giannini, Paulo C F ^a   Dewitt, Regina ^b   Aguiar, Vitor A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian sands; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating; OSL sensitivity; Single Aliquot Regenerative Dose protocol (SAR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890296883     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0001-37652013104912     Document Type: Article

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