A study of the effect of natural radiation damage in a zircon crystal using thermoluminescence, fission track etching and X-ray diffraction
The natural radiation damage in zircon caused by the decay of uranium and thorium, present as impurities, is studied, The radiation damage is first gauged by etching the fission tracks. It is found that thermoluminescence (TL) sensitivity (defined as light output per unit test-dose) decreases as the...
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Elsevier
1989
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