Dust deposition and climate in the Carpathian Basin over an independently dated last glacial–interglacial cycle

T Stevens, SB Marković, M Zech, U Hambach… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Loess in the Carpathian Basin is some of the thickest and most complete in Europe. Located
in the Vojvodina region of the southern Carpathian Basin the Crvenka loess-palaeosol …

Luminescence dating of the PASADO core 5022-1D from Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina) using IRSL signals from feldspar

JP Buylaert, AS Murray, AC Gebhardt, R Sohbati… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
We have measured and tested a luminescence chronology for the PASADO core 5022-1D
from the maar lake of Laguna Potrok Aike. Because of unsuitable quartz OSL characteristics …

A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite chain of northern Laos

F Demeter, C Zanolli, KE Westaway… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily
evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle …

A robust feldspar luminescence dating method for Middle and Late P leistocene sediments

JP Buylaert, M Jain, AS Murray, KJ Thomsen, C Thiel… - Boreas, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescence dating is used extensively to provide absolute chronologies for Late P
leistocene sediments. Nowadays, most optical dates are based on quartz optically …

An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago

KE Westaway, J Louys, RD Awe, MJ Morwood… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand
years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93–61 ka) predates …

Luminescence dating of the Stratzing loess profile (Austria)–Testing the potential of an elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol

C Thiel, JP Buylaert, A Murray, B Terhorst, I Hofer… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) signals saturate at∼ 2000 Gy, ie∼ 500–
700 ka (assuming a dose rate of 3–4 Gy/ka, typical for loess) and it is therefore theoretically …

Testing the potential of an elevated temperature IRSL signal from K-feldspar

JP Buylaert, AS Murray, KJ Thomsen, M Jain - Radiation measurements, 2009 - Elsevier
Thomsen, KJ, Murray, AS, Jain, M., Bøtter-Jensen, L.[2008. Laboratory fading rates of
various luminescence signals from feldspar-rich sediment extracts. Radiat. Meas. 43, 1474 …

Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

Y Rizal, KE Westaway, Y Zaim, GD van den Bergh… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
H omo erectus is the founding early hominin species of Island Southeast Asia, and reached
Java (Indonesia) more than 1.5 million years ago,. Twelve H. erectus calvaria (skull caps) …

Luminescence dating of K-feldspar from sediments: a protocol without anomalous fading correction

B Li, SH Li - Quaternary Geochronology, 2011 - Elsevier
A protocol for optical dating of potassium-rich feldspar (K-feldspar) is proposed. It utilizes the
infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) signal measured by progressively increasing the …

Towards a non-fading signal in feldspar: insight into charge transport and tunnelling from time-resolved optically stimulated luminescence

M Jain, C Ankjærgaard - Radiation Measurements, 2011 - Elsevier
Feldspars are an attractive alternative to quartz for extending the dose range, and for dating
volcanic terrains such as on Mars and Iceland. Unfortunately, charge stored in the feldspar …