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The Thermoluminescence of Lunar Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

G. F. J. Garlick  and
Irene Robinson
G. F. J. Garlick
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Hull, England
Irene Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Hull, England

Abstract

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Studies of thermoluminescence emission from lunar samples show that at lunar day surface temperatures and even at 18°C the trapped electron responsible are decaying to their ground states by a non-thermal process. Data from various workers show similar characteristics with respect to this process. They show that thermoluminescence cannot be used as a technique for dating lunar samples (or terrestrial plagioclases) over any significant geological period. A quantitative model for the non-thermal process is proposed.

Type
Part II: Scientific Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 47: The Moon , 1972 , pp. 324 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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