NATURAL THERMOLUMINESCENCE OF SOILS, MINERALS, AND CERTAIN ROCKS

Thermoluminescence spectra of minerals

Thermoluminescence (TL) studies of insulators, including crystals of minerals such as calcite, quartz or zircon, have resulted in the development of a wider range of applications in the fields of radiation dosimetry and archaeological and geological dating. Most conventional TL measurements are made by recording light emission during heating by means of broad-band optical filters and blue-sensi...

Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Studies of Industrially Important Minerals

Elasticity of Selected Rocks and Minerals

been the subject of numerous investigations (Birch, 1960, 1961). In this study, measurement of bulk density and of compressional and rotational wave velocities of a variety of rocks and minerals affords the opportunity of calculating elastic constants and of studying anisotropy in elastic velocities. Although it was not possible to take into account the effect of confining pressure on velocitie...

Electrical conductivity of minerals and rocks

The Composition of Earth: Rocks and Minerals