Radiation-induced growth and isothermal decay of infrared-stimulated luminescence from feldspar
RIS ID
99215
Abstract
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages can determine a wide range of geological events or processes, such as the timing of sediment deposition, the exposure duration of a rock surface, or the cooling rate of bedrock. The accuracy of OSL dating critically depends on our capability to describe the growth and decay of laboratory-regenerated luminescence signals. Here we review a selection of common models describing the response of infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) of feldspar to constant radiation and temperature as administered in the laboratory. We use this opportunity to introduce a general-order kinetic model that successfully captures the behaviour of different materials and experimental conditions with a minimum of model parameters, and thus appears suitable for future application and validation in natural environments. Finally, we evaluate all the presented models by their ability to accurately describe a recently published feldspar multi-elevated temperature post-IR IRSL (MET-pIRIR) dataset, and highlight each model's strengths and shortfalls.
Publication Details
Guralnik, B., Li, B., Jain, M., Chen, R., Paris, R. B., Murray, A. S., Li, S., Pagonis, V., Valla, P. G. & Herman, F. (2015). Radiation-induced growth and isothermal decay of infrared-stimulated luminescence from feldspar. Radiation Measurements, 81 224-231. Montréal, Canada 14th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, 7-11 July, 2014