Complex dose rate calculations in luminescence dating of lacustrine and palustrine sediments from Niederweningen, Northern Switzerland

• Autorzy: Preusser Frank , Degering Detlev , Fülling Alexander , Miocic Johannes

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DOI

10.2478/geochr-2023-0003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study focusses on dose rate determination in complex settings in two drill cores from the site of Niederweningen, northern Switzerland. A crosscheck with a certified standard material and neutron activation analyses (NAA) reveals an overall good performance of high-resolution gamma spectrometry (HR-GS) when determining dose rate-relevant elements. A second focus is on average water content during burial, by comparing measured sediment moisture with water uptake capability. Furthermore, layer models are used to investigate the impact of inhomogeneous stratification on dose rate. Finally, different scenarios to correct for radioactive disequilibrium in the uranium decay chain are investigated. While most of the applied corrections appear to have only a minor to moderate effect on age calculation, the results for one core are contradictory. Possibly, some of the applied correction scenarios are not reflecting the complex natural setting sufficiently, in particular average sediment moisture during burial and the timing of radioactive disequilibrium might be incorrectly estimated. While deposition in one core can be quite securely attributed to the period 100–70 ka, assigning the sediment sequence in the other core to the time between ca. 130 ka and 90 ka remains to some extent insecure.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

luminescence dating; dosimetry; gamma spectrometry; water content; sediment inhomogeneity; radioactive disequilibrium

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 50, no. 1
• Strony: 28--49
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Preusser Frank

• Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 23b, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-1346

autor

Degering Detlev

• ADD Ideas, Zum Erzengel Michael 19, 01723 Mohorn, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4795-2514

autor

Fülling Alexander

• Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 23b, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

autor

Miocic Johannes

• Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 23b, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
• Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 6, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0612-6953

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