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Optical dating in a new light: A direct, non-destructive probe of trapped electrons

Optical dating has revolutionized our understanding of Global climate change, Earth surface processes, and human evolution and dispersal over the last ~500 ka. Optical dating is based on an anti-Stokes photon emission generated by electron-hole recombination within quartz or feldspar; it relies, by...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Amit Kumar, Poolton, Nigel R. J., Kook, Myungho, Jain, Mayank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28951569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10174-8