<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The thermoluminescence phenomenon has been used for pottery dating and radiation dosimetry for sixty years and for forty years has been applied to the study of meteorites, being successful in quantifying metamorphic histories and providing new insights into terrestrial age and orbits. Here we review some of the fundamental properties of thermoluminescence with particular focus on the study of small extraterrestrial particles. We suggest that natural TL data can be used to identify the burial and release history of cometary particles and that induced TL measurements can provide in-sights into the mineralogy of particles (even when largely amorphous) and the metamorphic history of those particles. We illustrate the use of TL to study small particles by describing recent studies on micrometeorites and 10–100 μm fragments taken from the matrix of a meteorite Semarkona which is type 3.0 ordinary chondrite.</p></abstract>

The thermoluminescence phenomenon has been used for pottery dating and radiation dosimetry for sixty years and for forty years has been applied to the study of meteorites, being successful in quantifying metamorphic histories and providing new insights into terrestrial age and orbits. Here we review some of the fundamental properties of thermoluminescence with particular focus on the study of small extraterrestrial particles. We suggest that natural TL data can be used to identify the burial and release history of cometary particles and that induced TL measurements can provide in-sights into the mineralogy of particles (even when largely amorphous) and the metamorphic history of those particles. We illustrate the use of TL to study small particles by describing recent studies on micrometeorites and 10–100 μm fragments taken from the matrix of a meteorite Semarkona which is type 3.0 ordinary chondrite.

Thermoluminescence as a technique for determining the nature and history of small solar system particles

Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, MUSE 202, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

Geochronometria

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The thermoluminescence phenomenon has been used for pottery dating and radiation dosimetry for sixty years and for forty years has been applied to the study of...

Thermoluminescence as a technique for determining the nature and history of small solar system particles

Published Online: Jun 19, 2011

Page range: 272 - 281

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0040-7

Keywords
Thermoluminescence, Stardust mission, Solar System

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Thermoluminescence as a technique for determining the nature and history of small solar system particles

Published Online: Jun 19, 2011

Page range: 272 - 281

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0040-7

KeywordsThermoluminescence, Stardust mission, Solar System

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Thermoluminescence, Stardust mission, Solar System