Radiofluorescence of quartz: A review

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-77

  Schmidt, Christoph ^a   Kreutzer, Sebastian ^b   DeWitt, Regina ^c   Fuchs, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Modeling; OSL; Pre dose effect; Quartz; Radiofluorescence; Radioluminescence; TL

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MODELING; QUARTZ; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84921814630     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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