<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Luminescence properties of two samples taken from sand lenses in proglacial outwash de-posits of a piedmont glacier that reached the Swiss midlands during the Last Glacial Maximum are investigated in detail. Deconvolution of CW-OSL decay curves shows that the fast component dominates the OSL signal of quartz. The chemistry of single feldspar grains, in particular the K content in different grains, is determined using wavelength dispersive spectrometry (electron microprobe), revealing an average 12.9 wt.% K of the grains contributing to the IRSL signal. D
                        e distributions are investigated in order to gain insights into partial bleaching, and agreement is found for quartz OSL and feldspar IR50 and pIRIR225 ages for small aliquots and single grains when applying the Minimum Age Model. These ages are also consistent with independent age control. For one sample, ages determined using the Central Age Model result in highly overestimated ages for both feldspar and quartz.</p></abstract>

Luminescence properties of two samples taken from sand lenses in proglacial outwash de-posits of a piedmont glacier that reached the Swiss midlands during the Last Glacial Maximum are investigated in detail. Deconvolution of CW-OSL decay curves shows that the fast component dominates the OSL signal of quartz. The chemistry of single feldspar grains, in particular the K content in different grains, is determined using wavelength dispersive spectrometry (electron microprobe), revealing an average 12.9 wt.% K of the grains contributing to the IRSL signal. D
                        e distributions are investigated in order to gain insights into partial bleaching, and agreement is found for quartz OSL and feldspar IR50 and pIRIR225 ages for small aliquots and single grains when applying the Minimum Age Model. These ages are also consistent with independent age control. For one sample, ages determined using the Central Age Model result in highly overestimated ages for both feldspar and quartz.

Performance of different luminescence approaches for the dating of known-age glaciofluvial deposits from northern Switzerland

Geochronometria

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Luminescence properties of two samples taken from sand lenses in proglacial outwash de-posits of a piedmont glacier that reached the Swiss midlands during the...

Performance of different luminescence approaches for the dating of known-age glaciofluvial deposits from northern Switzerland

Published Online: Dec 20, 2013

Page range: 65 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0139-0

Keywords
partial bleaching, single grains, dose distributions, quartz, K-feldspar, potassium content

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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

Performance of different luminescence approaches for the dating of known-age glaciofluvial deposits from northern Switzerland

Published Online: Dec 20, 2013

Page range: 65 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0139-0

Keywordspartial bleaching, single grains, dose distributions, quartz, K-feldspar, potassium content

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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

Keywords
partial bleaching, single grains, dose distributions, quartz, K-feldspar, potassium content