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Alpha Spectroscopy

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Thompson, J.W. (2015). Alpha Spectroscopy. In: Jack Rink, W., Thompson, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_49

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