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OSL sample loading

Samples loaded into a optically stimulated luminescence machine

Samples being loaded into a machine for optically stimulated luminescence dating. The laboratory at the Luminescence Dating Facility, Victoria University of Wellington, is kept almost dark. Only a little orange light is allowed, as other wavelengths interfere with the luminescence measurements.

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Rights: Dr Uwe Rieser & Ms Ningsheng Wang, Luminescence Dating Laboratory, Victoria University of Wellington
Published: 11 May 2011Size: 52.59 KB
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