Changes in natural OSL sensitivity during single aliquot regeneration procedure and their implications for equivalent dose determination

• Autorzy: Singhvi A. K. , Stokes S. C. , Chauhan N. , Nagar Y. C. , Jaiswal M. K.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Measurement of low temperature (90^o, C-120^o,C) Thermoluminescence (TL) sensitivity of natural quartz samples subjected to pre-heating and optical stimulation indicate that significant sensi-tivity changes can occur during measurement of the natural Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). During the measurement of natural signal, the luminescence sensitivity of samples can change by 40%. The sensitivity changes both during the initial preheat and the measurement of natural OSL. The currently used version of Single Aliquot Regeneration (SAR) protocol measures and corrects for the sensitivity changes after preheat and readout of natural OSL. However, it does not take into ac-count the changes in sensitivity during the readout of the natural signal. We therefore developed a correction procedure so that both the natural and the regenerated OSL in-tensities can be measured and plotted with the same sensitivity and suggest that in the absence of such a correction, a considerable fraction of the SAR based ages could have systematic errors. The correc-tion for the sensitivity is based on the use of sensitivity of 110^o, C TL quartz peak, which is correlated to OSL signal (Murray and Roberts, 1998). The use of 110^o, C peak provides a reasonable measure of the changes in OSL sensitivity of quartz. A modified Natural Sensitivity Corrected–SAR (NSC-SAR) procedure, that comprises the measurement of, 1) the TL intensity of 110^o, C peak for a test dose on sample as received (i.e. natural sample) and, 2) the sensitivity of the 110^o,C peak of the same sample after the preheat and read out of the natural OSL, is proposed. This ratio, termed as Natural Correc-tion Factor (NCF), then provides a way to correct for sensitivity changes. Results on samples from diverse depositional environments indicated that the NSC-SAR consistently (without exception) provided improved distribution in paleodoses i.e. a lower scatter compared to the standard SAR protocol. In addition, the use of this protocol also resolved anomalous cases where the intensity of natural OSL was significantly above the saturation intensity of the regenerated OSL. Implicitly, this study implies a caution on the use of palaeodoses obtained from single grains as such a correction is not possible in the currently used automated single grain OSL measurement systems. The only way now on will be to analyze aliquots with only a grain on them.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

SAR; NSC-SAR; OSL; quartz; optical dating

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 38, no. 3
• Strony: 231--241
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Singhvi A. K.

autor

Stokes S. C.

autor

Chauhan N.

autor

Nagar Y. C.

autor

Jaiswal M. K.

• Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, India,

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