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dc.contributor.authorPietsch, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:33:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:33:27Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-06-29T06:45:15Z
dc.identifier.issn18711014
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30478
dc.description.abstractThe reliability of single-grain optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of young (<500 years old) samples is assessed by examining the results of 166 single-grain OSL analyses of Australian alluvial, lacustrine, estuarine, coastal and marine sediment samples. All samples have been analysed using the modified SAR protocol of Olley et al. [2004b. Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz. Geomorphology 60, 337-358], with burial doses (Db) calculated by fitting a single Gaussian curve to the peak of a multi-Gaussian summed probability distribution (PDFGaussian). The near-equivalence of this approach to currently accepted methods of palaeodose estimation - namely the minimum age and central age models of Galbraith et al. [1999. Optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz from Jinmium rock shelter, northern Australia: part I, experimental design and statistical models. Archaeometry 41, 339-364] - is demonstrated. Considered as a whole, OSL ages calculated using the PDFGaussian Db determination method are consistent with other chronometric, geomorphological, botanical and historical indicators of depositional age, while four alternative (previously published) methods are generally less reliable when applied to the samples analysed here. The single-grain data from 12 samples of known age (reported by Olley et al. [2004b. Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz. Geomorphology 60, 337-358]) are re-analysed using the PDFGaussian approach, with all but one yielding a Db consistent with the independently known age. Examples of luminescence data (dose recovery tests, preheat plateaux, continuous-wave and linear-modulated OSL, growth curves, single-grain dose distributions) are provided that together indicate the suitability of Australian quartz for dating young sediments.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom406
dc.relation.ispartofpageto422
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalQuaternary Geochronology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeochronology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeochemistry
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode040303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0406
dc.titleOptically stimulated luminescence dating of young (<500 years old) sediments: Testing estimates of burial dose
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPietsch, Tim


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