TY - JOUR
T1 - Infrared radiofluorescence (IR-RF) dating
T2 - A review
AU - Murari, Madhav Krishna
AU - Kreutzer, Sebastian
AU - King, Georgina
AU - Frouin, Marine
AU - Tsukamoto, Sumiko
AU - Schmidt, Christoph
AU - Lauer, Tobias
AU - Klasen, Nicole
AU - Richter, Daniel
AU - Friedrich, Johannes
AU - Mercier, Norbert
AU - Fuchs, Markus
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Sébastien Huot, Frank Preusser and two anonymous reviewers for their patience, constructive comments, and strong support for this manuscript. M.K. Murari and M. Fuchs were supported by the German Research Foundation ( DFG FU417/19-1 ). S. Kreutzer and N. Mercier received financial support from the LaScArBx. LaScArBx is a research programme supported by the ANR ( ANR-10-LABX-52 ). The contribution of S. Kreutzer in 2020 and 2021 received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 844457 (CREDit). M. Frouin was supported by the John Fell Fund ( 161/067 and 171/006 ) University of Oxford . N. Klasen received funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation ) – Project number 57444011 – CRC 806 ″Our way to Europe ". All authors thank L. Diehl for drawing Fig. 6 .
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© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Luminescence dating methods on natural minerals such as quartz and feldspars are indispensable for establishing chronologies in Quaternary Science. Commonly applied sediment dating methods are optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL). In 1999, Trautmann et al. (1999a, b) proposed a new related technique called infrared radiofluorescence (IR-RF). IR-RF denotes the infrared luminescence signal of feldspar resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation and potentially offers a significant methodological advance compared to OSL and IRSL regarding luminescence signal stability, dating range and required measurement time. The method has rarely been applied due to a lack of commercially available measurement equipment but experienced a revival during the last years. The present article provides a state-of-the-art overview of the physical background of IR-RF, its challenges, applications and the potential as a dating method. The paper particularly addresses practical considerations for applying IR-RF dating, including signal bleachability and saturation behaviour, and summarizes proposed solutions.
AB - Luminescence dating methods on natural minerals such as quartz and feldspars are indispensable for establishing chronologies in Quaternary Science. Commonly applied sediment dating methods are optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL). In 1999, Trautmann et al. (1999a, b) proposed a new related technique called infrared radiofluorescence (IR-RF). IR-RF denotes the infrared luminescence signal of feldspar resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation and potentially offers a significant methodological advance compared to OSL and IRSL regarding luminescence signal stability, dating range and required measurement time. The method has rarely been applied due to a lack of commercially available measurement equipment but experienced a revival during the last years. The present article provides a state-of-the-art overview of the physical background of IR-RF, its challenges, applications and the potential as a dating method. The paper particularly addresses practical considerations for applying IR-RF dating, including signal bleachability and saturation behaviour, and summarizes proposed solutions.
KW - Chronology
KW - Feldspar
KW - Infrared radiofluorescence
KW - Luminescence dating
KW - Radioluminescence
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101155
DO - 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101155
M3 - Review Article
SN - 1871-1014
VL - 64
JO - Quaternary Geochronology
JF - Quaternary Geochronology
M1 - 101155
ER -