sequence, three samples were collected to check the applicability of palaeodosimetric
dating methods (OSL and ESR) to quartz grains. The ESR-multicentre method showed a
partial bleaching of the ESR centers in aeolian sands. This partial bleaching was also
observed by OSL. Laminated loess seemed to be sufficiently bleached but showed a large
scatter of the doses, which we ascribed to heterogeneous responses of the luminescent …