Infrared Radiofluorescence (IR-RF) of K-Feldspar: An Interlaboratory Comparison

• Autorzy: Murari Madhav K. , Kreutzer Sebastian , Frouin Marine , Friedrich Johannes , Lauer Tobias , Klasen Nicole , Schmidt Christoph , Tsukamoto Sumiko , Richter Daniel , Mercier Norbert , Fuchs Markus

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DOI

10.2478/geochr-2021-0007

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Infrared Radiofluorescence (IR-RF) is a relatively new method for dosimetric dating of the depositional timing of sediments. This contribution presents an interlaboratory comparison of IR-RF measurements of sedimentary feldspar from eight laboratories. A comparison of the variability of instrumental background, bleaching, saturation, and initial rise behaviour of the IR-RF signal was carried out. Two endmember samples, a naturally bleached modern dune sand sample with a zero dose and a naturally saturated sample from a Triassic sandstone (~250 Ma), were used for this interlaboratory comparison. The major findings of this study are that (1) the observed IR-RF signal keeps decreasing beyond 4000 Gy, (2) the saturated sample gives an apparent palaeodose of 1265 ± 329 Gy and (3) in most cases, the natural IR-RF signal of the modern analogue sample (resulting from natural bleaching) is higher than the signal from laboratory-induced bleaching of 6 h, using a solar simulator (SLS). In other words, the laboratory sample bleaching was unable to achieve the level of natural bleaching. The results of the investigations are discussed in detail, along with possible explanations.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

IR-RF; interlaboratory comparison; K-feldspar; dosimetry; dating

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 48, no.1
• Strony: 105--120
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 39 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Murari Madhav K.

• Geochronology Group, Inter-University Accelerator Centre New Delhi, India
• Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen Giessen, Germany

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Kreutzer Sebastian

• Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
• IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060, CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France

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Frouin Marine

• Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, United States
• Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University Oxford, United Kingdom

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Friedrich Johannes

• Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth, Germany

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Lauer Tobias

• Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig, Germany

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Klasen Nicole

• Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Berlin, Germany

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Schmidt Christoph

• Chair of Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth, Germany
• Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland

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Tsukamoto Sumiko

• Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics Hannover, Germany

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Richter Daniel

• Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig, Germany
• Freiberg Instruments GmbH Freiberg, Germany

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Mercier Norbert

• IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060, CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France

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Fuchs Markus

• Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen Giessen, Germany

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