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THE thermoluminescence (TL) properties of meteorites1–4 may be applicable to the determination of exposure age, terrestrial age, thermal gradients, radiation history and preatmospheric shape. In an attempt to apply TL to the determination of terrestrial age we have discovered that meteorites can be divided into two groups, the existence of which is relevant to several of the applications.
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SEARS, D., MILLS, A. Existence of two groups in thermoluminescence of meteorites. Nature 249, 234–235 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249234b0
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