Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

A review of quartz optically stimulated luminescence characteristics and their relevance in single-aliquot regeneration dating protocols

AG Wintle, AS Murray - Radiation measurements, 2006 - Elsevier
Different single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocols have now been applied for some
years to quartz grains for determining the equivalent dose, in both dating and retrospective …

Quartz as a natural luminescence dosimeter

F Preusser, ML Chithambo, T Götte, M Martini… - Earth-Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Luminescence from quartz is commonly used in retrospective dosimetry, in particular for the
dating of archaeological materials and sediments from the Quaternary period. The …

Chronology and the upper dating limit for loess samples from Luochuan section in the Chinese Loess Plateau using quartz OSL SAR protocol

ZP Lai - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
Luminescence dating of loess older than 100ka has long been a challenge. It has been
recently reported that, using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of fine-grained quartz …

OSL quartz age underestimation due to unstable signal components

D Steffen, F Preusser, F Schlunegger - Quaternary Geochronology, 2009 - Elsevier
When measuring samples from southern Peru, we discovered an age offset between
feldspar infrared-stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and quartz optically stimulated …

Luminescence chronologies for coastal and marine sediments

Z Jacobs - Boreas, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescence dating techniques have been applied to a range of different types of coastal
and marine deposits, involving a variety of depositional processes and environments, as a …

Optical dating of Romanian loess: a comparison between silt-sized and sand-sized quartz

A Timar-Gabor, DAG Vandenberghe, S Vasiliniuc… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The loess-palaeosol sequence near Mircea Vodă (Dobrogea, SE Romania) is thought to
comprise at least five glacial/interglacial cycles. It is considered as one of the most …

Luminescence dating of glaciofluvial deposits: a review

IM Thrasher, B Mauz, RC Chiverrell, A Lang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
For glacigenic sediments, Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating offers an
opportunity to date the time of deposition of quartz and feldspar minerals that are ubiquitous …

Loess deposits in the northern Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Implications for the paleoclimate reconstruction during the Late Quaternary

JH Youn, YB Seong, JH Choi, K Abdrakhmatov… - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Loess deposits on the northern slopes of the Kyrgyz Tien Shan were examined. Their
particle size characteristics show silt size dominancy (> 80%) with minor contribution from …

Comparison of De estimates using the fast component and the medium component of quartz OSL

B Li, SH Li - Radiation measurements, 2006 - Elsevier
In equivalent dose (De) determination of quartz using the single aliquot regenerative dose
(SAR) technique, it is commonly observed that the De values are strongly dependent on the …