Luminescence dating of soil archives

Authors
Publication date 2019
Host editors
  • J.M. van Mourik
  • J.J.M. van der Meer
Book title Reading the soil archives
Book subtitle Unraveling the geoecological code of palaeosols and sediment cores
ISBN
  • 9780444641083
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9780444641090
Series Developments in Quaternary Science
Chapter 4
Pages (from-to) 115-162
Number of pages 48
Publisher Amsterdam: Elsevier
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract Chapter 4 is dedicated to optically stimulated luminescence dating. This technique became available in the 1990s. Also for this dating technique it is valid that detailed knowledge of the technique and the sample properties are crucial for the interpretation of the dates. The case studies of polycyclic driftsand deposits and plaggic Anthrosols demonstrate the differences in ages of organic and mineral fractions of soil samples and how to interpret this in the context of soil genesis.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64108-3.00004-5
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