Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

Luminescence as a sediment tracer and provenance tool

HJ Gray, M Jain, AO Sawakuchi… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescence holds unique potential as a sediment tracer and provenance method. The
tracer application of luminescence has key advantages including ease of measurement …

Mathematical model quantifies multiple daylight exposure and burial events for rock surfaces using luminescence dating

T Freiesleben, R Sohbati, A Murray, M Jain… - Radiation …, 2015 - Elsevier
Interest in the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of rock surfaces has increased
significantly over the last few years, as the potential of the method has been explored. It has …

Age of a prehistoric “Rodedian” cult site constrained by sediment and rock surface luminescence dating techniques

R Sohbati, AS Murray, N Porat, M Jain… - Quaternary Geochronology, 2015 - Elsevier
The construction age of a pavement in a “Rodedian” prehistoric cult site in Negev desert,
Israel, is established by determining the burial age of (i) a cobble used in the pavement, and …

User guide for luminescence sampling in archaeological and geological contexts

MS Nelson, HJ Gray, JA Johnson… - Advances in …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Luminescence dating provides a direct age estimate of the time of last exposure of quartz or
feldspar minerals to light or heat and has been successfully applied to deposits, rock …

First luminescence-depth profiles from boulders from moraine deposits: Insights into glaciation chronology and transport dynamics in Malta valley, Austria

EF Rades, R Sohbati, C Lüthgens, M Jain… - Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the potential of rock surfaces to provide luminescence burial
ages for boulders from moraine deposits. We sampled four boulders from a terminal moraine …

[HTML][HTML] Attenuation of light in different rock types and implications for rock surface luminescence dating

XJ Ou, HM Roberts, GAT Duller, MD Gunn… - Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in rock surface burial and exposure luminescence dating for use in
Quaternary science and in archaeology. Such methods have enormous potential both in …

Mega-tsunami conglomerates and flank collapses of ocean island volcanoes

R Paris, RS Ramalho, J Madeira, S Ávila, SM May… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine conglomerates at high elevation on the flanks of ocean islands are usually
interpreted as evidence of mega-tsunamis generated by volcano flank collapses, although …

Passive atomic-scale optical sensors for mapping light flux in ultra-small cavities

P Andričević, EL Sellwood, MC Eppes, M Kook… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding light propagation and attenuation in cavities is limited by lack of applicable
light sensing technologies. Here we demonstrate the use of light-sensitive metastable states …

Constraining the age of rock art by dating a rockfall event using sediment and rock-surface luminescence dating techniques

MS Chapot, R Sohbati, AS Murray, JL Pederson… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) is used to determine the age of a rockfall event that
removed part of the pictograph figures at the Great Gallery rock art panel in Canyonlands …