Journal article
Testing the reliability of ESR dating of optically exposed buried quartz sediments
Abstract
Optical dating of quartz by optically stimulated luminescence has a time range that is generally less than about 500ka, due to relatively rapid saturation of the available luminescence defects in quartz. We test here a new method, electron spin resonance (ESR) optical dating of quartz, in which radiation-sensitive defects at aluminum and titanium atoms on silicon sites give rise to signals which can only be detected near liquid nitrogen …
Authors
Rink WJ; Bartoll J; Schwarcz HP; Shane P; Bar-Yosef O
Journal
Radiation Measurements, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1618–1626
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.09.005
ISSN
1350-4487