Published August 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Optical dating: bleaching experiment on IRSL signals from loess samples

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quateernary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an (China)

Description

A kind of red LEDs (Light emitting Diode) with a wavelength of 655 nm provides light illumination of loess samples while pretreatment the samples with minimal effect on the latent IRSL. The IRSL signal is decreased to two percent after 20 minutes bleaching by sun light. It implies that the residual signals may be neglected even when dating very young loess samples, and that IRSL dating has significant potential in dating very poorly-bleached sediments. The recuperation of IRSL in loess is negligible, so the measurable age limit for IRSL is much lower than that for GLSL (Gree Light Stimulate Luminescence)

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
IRSL is Stated for Infrared Stimulate Luminescence

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Techniques
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 485-488.
ISSN
0253-3219
CODEN
NUTEDL