Method of exploration for uranium and petroleum

Abstract From the Canadian patent

This invention relates to a method of exploration for minerals and petroleum using artificial thermoluminescence analysis methods. The method uses thermoluminescence analysis of crystalline sample to determine the proximity of the sample to a mineral or petroleum deposit. The method comprises first irradiating the sample with gamma-radiation so as to substantially fill crystal lattice traps within the sample, heating the sample from an ambient temperature to an elevated temperature, measuring the intensity of luminescent radiation at a plurality of glow peak temperatures and relating the luminescent intensities to luminescent intensities of reference samples having. known characteristics …